Pentagon shocked by Trump's order to house migrants in Guantanamo Bay

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread: The problem(s) with Trump's new plan for Guantnamo Bay

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Source: Politico

Pentagon shocked by Trump’s order to house migrants in Guantanamo Bay

Defense officials are trying to figure out how to hold thousands of people on an aging military base with minimal staff.

By Paul McLeary, Jack Detsch and Myah Ward
01/31/2025 10:00 AM EST

President Donald Trump’s plan to use Guantanamo Bay to detain migrants thrusts the Pentagon into a challenging, costly new effort just as officials vow to refocus the military on its core mission.

The recent executive order to move thousands of noncitizens to an aging military base in Cuba came as a shock to the Pentagon. Officials are now rushing to come up with a plan to house up to 30,000 people, far more than the 780 detainees who stayed in a detention camp on the base during the peak of the war on terror.

Defense Department officials are discussing using tents, although they face the challenge of tropical weather, limited staff and access to medical treatments for migrants. And they’re attempting to balance resources and finances with another Trump order that troops head to the southern border to enhance security.


“Things are moving as we speak,” said one defense official, who was granted anonymity to discuss a rapidly evolving issue.

The official, like others, was caught flatfooted ...

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/31/trump-guantanamo-bay-migrants-pentagon-00201715

[Frasier Balzov]

1. The Guantanamo Bay Lease is for a naval base.

Not a concentration camp.

If Cuba has been looking for a renewed basis to rescind the Lease, this could be it.

[Lovie777]

2. Please stop it....

Ya knew.

[tanyev]

4. Shocked!

[tanyev]

3. Really?

Because someone who’s served in the military that long has seen a lot of shocking things. And they saw 4 years of Trump in action, the end of which included his incitement of and support for a mob that attacked the Capitol when Congress was carrying out their constitutional duty.

They’ve had two and a half months to anticipate what the Malignant Moron would do, much of it plainly announced by the MM himself. It’s a little shocking that they’re shocked.

[Autumn]

5. Has Collins been to the pentagon recently? Her faux concern seems

to have infected the generals.