Barack Obama actually said...

"This was also a desire by the Obama administration to put their finger on the scale before they left office."

"It's by increasing frustration that all of his messages to the prime minister about constraining settlement activity... have not been heeded."

"It is long past time for the Congress to lift the restrictions it has imposed, work to responsibly and safely close the facility, and remove this blot on our national honor."

"This action builds on the President's creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument."