On the campaign trail, Donald Trump made it clear that he had no intention of closing Guant\u00e1namo, and in fact, he wanted to fill it up with \u201cBad Dudes.\u201d After his inauguration, he stuck to his word: cleared prisoners have remained unreleased, Guant\u00e1namo\u2019s oldest prisoner has now turned 70, and in November he tweeted that he\u2019d consider sending people directly from the US to the off-shore prison.<\/p>\n
President Trump\u2019s attitude to Guant\u00e1namo must be seen within the broader context of his attacks on Muslims. The President\u2019s \u2018Muslim ban,\u2019 his anti-Muslim tweets and statements, all make clear that Trump\u2019s approach to Guant\u00e1namo is fueled by his fervent anti-Muslim prejudice.<\/p>\n
Today, to mark one year of Donald Trump\u2019s presidency, we bring you five of the key Guant\u00e1namo events that occurred during the first year of the Trump Presidency.<\/strong><\/p>\n George W. Bush released over 500 detainees from Guantanamo during his presidency. President Obama released nearly 200. But, during the first year of his presidency, Trump has released none. This is despite the fact that five men who remain detained in Guant\u00e1namo have been unanimously cleared for release by the American security apparatus, made up of six different agencies.<\/p>\n In the run up to the 2016 election, Donald Trump made clear his intention to not only keep Guant\u00e1namo open, but to bring new detainees to the prison. A few days before his inauguration in 2017, Trump doubled down on this pro-Guant\u00e1namo campaign rhetoric, and tweeted that: \u201cThere should be no further releases from Gitmo. These are extremely dangerous people and should not be allowed back onto the battlefield.\u201d<\/p>\n1. No detainees have been released by Trump<\/strong><\/h2>\n
2. Donald Trump knows almost nothing about Guant\u00e1namo <\/strong><\/h2>\n