The 1979 film starring Clint Eastwood about the daring 1962 escape attempt aired on the local PBS channel just six hours before the president made his demand that the prison be reopened
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.
So… You take a prison which:
And you get:
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.
Yes…?
It was literally NEVER about the money being spent by the government. Anyone who actually believed that is by dictionary definition, dumb.
I bet he plans on charging rent to the prisoners at California rates or some bullshit
Somebody needs to just wave something shiny in front of him to distract him from this stupid idea.
Next up on truth social:
An put a tariff on movies so he doesn’t do it again! Oh, wait…