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    Trump Signs Order To Keep Prison At Guantanamo Bay Open

    The president's new order reverses one issued by Obama in his first days in office. During his campaign, Trump had promised to keep the facility open and to "load it up with some bad dudes."
    by Scott Neuman Jan 31, 2018 1 minute
    A humvee passes the guard tower guard tower at the entrance of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, also known as "Gitmo" in October 2016. October 23, 2016 at the U.S.

    President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to keep open the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, after pledging during the campaign to "load it up with some bad dudes."

    Signed moments before he stepped to the podium to present

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