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Miles Archer

(19,888 posts)
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:08 AM Friday

Rebuilding Alcatraz would send a definite tingle up Stephen Miller's leg, but would also cost around TWO BILLION DOLLARS

The possibility of rebuilding the Alcatraz prison as a new holding pen as Donald Trump makes plans to ramp up U.S. incarceration rates may be in doubt according to an estimate on the projected cost.

That is according to a report from Marc Caputo at Axios, who wrote on Friday morning that the massive overhaul of the building now used as a tourist attraction could top $2 billion.

On Thursday, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum toured the island in San Francisco Bay and hyped up the possibility that the Trump administration is invested in reclaiming it.

"Two administration officials say Trump hasn't made a final decision on what he wants to do with the island, and it's unclear what the precise costs would be," the report states before adding that one person involved in the proposal admitted, "We're still in the early stages. We need a lot more study, a lot more specificity, before the president decides. But $2 billion might just be too much money for him."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-alcatraz-2673356587

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Rebuilding Alcatraz would send a definite tingle up Stephen Miller's leg, but would also cost around TWO BILLION DOLLARS (Original Post) Miles Archer Friday OP
Would there be dedicated cells for the Trump family? Sneederbunk Friday #1
Crazy waste of money n/t SickOfTheOnePct Friday #2
Cray cray idiots every one...rump, miller, bondi and the rest...JFC... wcmagumba Friday #3
it has no running fresh water. lapfog_1 Friday #4
His tingle, our money. Turbineguy Friday #5
I filed that one with the Statehood of Canada and the takeover of Greenland. MineralMan Friday #6
They just have ICE $45 billion in the big ugly bill, madinmaryland Friday #7

lapfog_1

(31,124 posts)
4. it has no running fresh water.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:27 AM
Friday

it was only ever built to house 300 people.

The marine environment has rotted even the concrete, never mind any iron.

It is an incredibly stupid idea.

One Trump came up with after watching a fictional old film on late night TV.

MineralMan

(149,488 posts)
6. I filed that one with the Statehood of Canada and the takeover of Greenland.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 10:26 AM
Friday

They're in the "Outrageous Things That Will Not Happen" folder.

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