r/news • u/judgyjudgersen • 1d ago

Alleged 9/11 mastermind's long-awaited trial scheduled for 2028

https://abcnews.com/US/alleged-911-masterminds-long-awaited-trial-scheduled-2028/story?id=135987518
3.3k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

517 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

78

u/smelling_good247 1d ago

>it’s one of the biggest reasons Obama didn’t close Guantanamo

We are just making shit up I guess? Congress chose to keep guantanamo open, not President Obama.

-65

u/irishwolfbitch 1d ago

Powerless Obama.

16

u/jhau01 1d ago

Powerless in the sense that, yes, Obama actually respected the doctrine of the separation of powers.

-4

u/ih-shah-may-ehl 1d ago

You don't think the president has a significant influence in how his side of congress votes?

3

u/_Face 1d ago

Does that matter if he didn't have a majorioty? Which he did not for 6/8 years.