…said his son is doing good and that he’s stationed in Cuba 😳. Trying to hide my giddiness I say “ Guantánamo” he says “yes”. I say “I hear they are expanding down there” he says “there’s a lot going on down there,” with a grin. He told me when he try’s to talk to his son about it, he just says “I can’t talk about it Dad, you’ll just have to wait until we can”. I know it’s not much, but I have survived on a lot less hopium than this! NCSWIC
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Correct, he can't shut it down. It would take an act of Congress to shut down that military base. It's why Obama wasn't able to shut it down even though he publicly said he would. He did reduce its mission and size and stuff, though it cc seems to have been countered by funding and expansion by Trump. But a president by themselves cannot remove gitmo without an act of Congress, and Republicans and probably some Democrats wouldn't vote to close it most likely.