How are they even going to staff it? The logistics of modernizing a prison that has been shut down and turned into a museum is also going to be a challenge.
Trump seems to think he can just wish things into being at the stroke of a pen.
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Trump seems to think he can just wish things into being at the stroke of a pen.
He can think that all he wants. The problem is all the sycophants who keep enabling it.
Because it's a grift all the way down
My point was more that this is an entirely unnecessary and expensive move that will only result in the place being shut down again for the same reason it closed in the first place.
Operating a prison on an island isn't exactly easy and we already have supermax facilities.
I wasn't disagreeing with you. Just musing about how most of us don't have a bunch of fawning idiots telling us that every dumb idea we have is genius.
he uses big knock-off Sharpie markers that are undoubtedly made in China with his name on them. It is not the same power move as Kevin O'Leary, AKA Mr. Wonderful, who is regularly seen waving around expensive fountain pens on his show.
A nice fountain pen feels good to hold and use. Thought goes into shaping the letters and picking out ink is a lot of fun. The same just can't be said about a cheap gaudy marker, especially when it's user has pants and a head full of shit.
Anyway the point I'm trying to make is the guys who designed Alcatraz probably didn't sign their names and important documents with Sharpies. The guy trying to bring it back is approximately 2 degrees away from smearing shit with his finger on paper for all I care.
Unrelated, just gotta mention that Kevin O'Leary is a prick
Everyone needs to just start ignoring Trump and his cronies all together. Trump will lose interest in a week anyway when he finds some other looney bullshit to scream about.
The reason it was shut down was because it was terrible at its intended job AND cost too much to run it. Spending billions to make it better still won't fix how expensive it was to run.
Lol, gonna save money by spending it. 😂 🫠
They should turn into a luxury hotel instead
There’s a movie on how to escape.