Neither of which are happened or will happen.
The retreat from campaign promises that have to be abandoned has already started.
Candidates backing off campaign promises after getting elected is hardly anything new Obama did it so did Bush so will whoever follows Trump. The vast majority know a candidate is not going to keep most of the promises they make.
Well, the difference is this:
Obama tried to close GITMO. He tried a few times. In all likelihood, he probably realized that it was probably a 1 out of 5 proposition. But he tried. And it was/still is possible to do it. You simply close the prison and transfer the inmates over here. It’s doable. The politics won’t allow for it, of course.
Here is a quote from the opposition by the GOP (6 democrats voted against funding the closure of GITMO as well)
“The American people don’t want these men walking the streets of America’s neighborhoods,” said Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota. “The American people don’t want these detainees held at a military base or federal prison in their back yard, either.”
There is a minuscule chance of escape from either place and at no time would they be allowed to “walk the streets” of neighborhoods.
Anyway, he said he would do it, took his chances and lost. That is what a political promise is. Or was.
Trump’s promises (thus far) appear to be completely unattainable. Making the military so strong “nobody will mess with us” is a great sales pitch. However, those who “mess with us” are almost always on a suicide mission. As if some guy driving a boat full of explosives up to the USS Cole that he was going to detonate cared about how often he would be shot after he detonated it or a truck full of explosives into an embassy or whatever. Mexico will not pay for the wall as he has demonstrated. I’ll give the man a chance to prove me wrong on bringing back jobs. I underestimated him twice and was wrong both times.
Promises not attained are one thing. Promises abandoned before you take office? Something different.