$1 Million Dollars Soccer Field At Guantanamo Bay: Trump Is Not Happy
Guantánamo Bay is undergoing millions of dollars of upgrades.
As of this week the U.S. detainment and interrogation facility opened a $750,000 soccer field for detainees, installed cable television in a communal living area — which has 21 cable TV channels, DVDs, newspapers and library books — and began offering "enriching your life" classes including learning to paint, writing a resume and handling personal finances for some of the 169 detainees.
The facility, located within Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, is also in the process of building a new headquarters for guards and a new hospital.
The US government does not anticipate closing Gitmo anytime soon. That means that U.S. taxpayers will continue to pay 140 million dollars per year, or about $828,402 per detainee — to operate the prison.
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The dusty, 28,000-square-foot soccer field includes a soft gravel walking track, security cameras and a high fence topped with razor wire. It is expected to open after goal posts and latrines are added. Woods said the cost of the recreation yard was high because every piece of equipment has to be imported by barge or plane to the remote base in southeast Cuba. The Guantanamo detention camp holds 171 men.
I don’t know how anybody with a brain could disagree with Trump here. It’s actually so preposterous to believe 1 million dollars was spent on a prisoner soccer field that I borderline don’t even know if what he’s saying is true. I mean the Government really spent 1 million dollars of taxpayer money on a fucking prisoner soccer field? Come on. That can’t be real. But I don’t even care. The only reason I blogged this is because it’s a microcosm of what makes Trump so great.
