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PoliticsMay 05, 2025
Watch: Trump says he's gonna reopen Alcatraz, but can he?
In 1972, the federal government purchased Alcatraz but shut it down after it became too expensive to run. However, according to Trump, it might become a prison again for “the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering.”
Today’s show breaks it down.
According to The Post Millennial
On Sunday, President Donald Trump called for Alcatraz, the notorious prison and now historical landmark in San Francisco, California, to be rebuilt and reopened to house the country’s most violent criminals.
Trump posted on Truth Social, "REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ! For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering.”
"This goes into a few other things that Donald Trump is doing. Symbolism to him means something. He sees more value in the symbolic nature of having Alcatraz [than the cost]," Gerald A said.
The president continued, "When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. No longer will we tolerate these Serial Offenders who spread filth, bloodshed, and mayhem on our streets."
"We will no longer be held hostage to criminals, thugs, and Judges that are afraid to do their job and allow us to remove criminals, who came into our Country illegally," he continued. "The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE. We will, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"
"I think it probably would be more cost-effective [present day], but I don't think that is a thought entering [Trump's] head right now. It's more like—the symbolism of this is good. You do really bad crimes, you go to Alcatraz," Gerald A. said.
In the 1850s, Alcatraz, located on a 22-acre spit of rock, was a military fortress and served as a military prison from 1907-1933. Alcatraz became a federal prison in 1934, but was shuttered in the 1960s after 29 years of service. Its most notorious inmates included James "Whitey" Bulger, Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly, as well as Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz," and "Public Enemy No. 1" Alvin Karpis.
“He wants these wins so Americans feel like something is actually being done,” Crowder said. “Symbolism is a big thing.”
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