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Trump announced Alcatraz reopening hours after ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ aired on PBS (www.independent.co.uk)

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[-] Hikuro93@lemmy.world 143 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So... You take a prison which:

Generates $60M yearly from being currently a museum;
Needs serious rebuilding and modernization to even function at all;
Needs a way to be supplied with safe water, plus constant deliveries of all other necessities, likely by boat.

And you get:

A prison which generates little to no revenue, while needing funds to be kept functioning.
Only has its name and somber history going in its favor, because "prisoners should be afraid of the historic haunted prison".

Yes. Brilliant idea, truly a Trump deal in all its glory, as we get to see how the casino-bankrupter's mind works. Hopefully by the time the prison is ready Trump and his cronies get to be the first "tenants". And whoever comes next declares the prison closed again and leaves them rotting there.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

I bet he plans on charging rent to the prisoners at California rates or some bullshit

[-] mriswith@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Yes...?

It was literally NEVER about the money being spent by the government. Anyone who actually believed that is by dictionary definition, dumb.

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 1 points 3 months ago

No it is what they said and they are lying. You confused fooled with dumb, anyone can be fooled such as anyone that thought Biden would do environmental issues and stop the destruction of our race etc

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago

Somebody needs to just wave something shiny in front of him to distract him from this stupid idea.

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 22 points 3 months ago

Next up on truth social:

ONE OF MY SUBORDINATES JINGLED HIS KEYS IN FRONT OF ME FOR HOURS. I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS MUCH ENJOYMENT IN MY LIFE.

MAKE JINGLING KEYS GREAT AGAIN!

[-] aeternum 2 points 3 months ago

MJKGA!

[-] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

An put a tariff on movies so he doesn't do it again! Oh, wait...

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Nobody in the trump regime is ever going to prison because you wont elect me president..I, the only candidate who would actually guillotine traitors, imprison their cucks, and take all the wealth from criminally active billionaires and their labbyists, and cap wealth accumulation.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

At this point you're gonna have to do that first, and then I'll elect you after, because we can't trust any words spoken on the campaign trail by anyone anymore.

[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

At the very least, you cant elect anyone who is wealthy.

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