President Donald Trump, bolstered by political tailwinds, has delivered on a campaign promise to keep open the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

In stark contrast to his predecessor's attempt to phase out the controversial facility, the Trump administration has sought to restore its place in U.S. counterterrorism strategy.

In March, Trump asked Congress for additional funding for the military prison, which the Republican-controlled House incorporated in a 2018 spending bill currently under consideration.

The bill would provide $115 million to build new military barracks for U.S. troops stationed at the base. It also contains language that would shield the detention camp from closure and prevent the transfer of detainees to the United States.

Whatever the bill's fate, Trump's request for additional support for the military prison demonstrates his commitment to a campaign vow to continue operations there.

Acting Pentagon comptroller John Roth said of Trump's funding request: "It doesn't seem like we are going to close it anytime soon."

Trump also suggested during the campaign that he would increase the number of detainees held there, saying on Feb. 24, 2016, "We're going to load it up with bad dudes."

While Trump has not sent additional detainees to Cuba, his top lawyer has kept that possibility alive since the administration took office. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in an interview that he sees "no legal problem whatsoever" with increasing the ranks of detainees housed at Guantanamo Bay, which stands at 41.

"I've been there a number of times as a senator, and it's just a very fine place for holding these kind of dangerous criminals," Sessions told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on March 9. "We've spent a lot of money fixing it up, and I'm inclined to the view that it remains a perfectly acceptable place."

Trump's dedication to the survival of the military prison is the reverse mirror image of the approach taken by former President Barack Obama, who likened the camp's existence to a moral stain and vowed to see it shuttered.

While Obama fell short of his promise to close the facility, he sharply reduced its population from the 242 detainees housed there when he first took office.

As Obama's term came to a close, Trump made clear his displeasure over his predecessor's winnowing of the camp's population.

"There should be no further releases from Gitmo," Trump tweeted on Jan. 3. "These are extremely dangerous people and should not be allowed back onto the battlefield."

Yet Obama scrambled in January to transfer 18 additional detainees from the facility, including three prisoners sent to the United Arab Emirates on the eve of Trump's inauguration, bringing the total number of detainees to 41.

The majority, 26, are being held without charges, according to the New York Times. Three have been convicted in military commissions, while seven others currently face charges. Five detainees have been recommended for transfer.

We'll be watching Trump's pledge to keep Guantanamo open throughout the rest of his presidency. As of now, we rate this Promise Kept.