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In reply to the discussion: US officials visit Alcatraz amid Trump's plan to reopen island prison [View all]William Seger
(11,766 posts)18. RUMP has the emotional maturity and impulsiveness of a 12-year-old
... and now he's suffering from a delusional state called power psychosis -- a mental illness caused by having too much unchecked power. In fact, he has replaced Putin and other dictators as the textbook example of power psychosis. And he is a Dunning-Kruger basket case, so there's absolutely no point in trying to explain to him why the things he does are idiotic.
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US officials visit Alcatraz amid Trump's plan to reopen island prison [View all]
BumRushDaShow
May 2025
OP
Sure, let's spend a few hundred grand on engineering consultants followed by $100 billion or so
sinkingfeeling
May 2025
#5
Is Andersonville an option? Is Devil's Island an opportunity for off shore imprisonment?
displacedvermoter
May 2025
#29
Another waste of tax dollars like the wall. Rebuilding bridges would make more sense.
appleannie1
May 2025
#14
Maybe Orange Julius Caesar will change his mind and tear down the facility
generalbetrayus
May 2025
#16
What fresh hell is right. How many of these narcissistic fantasies are we gonna be forced to participate in?
Walleye
May 2025
#26
Spend, spend, spend but not on food, healthcare, education or infrastructure.
Deuxcents
May 2025
#27
Well based on the millions wasted to try to prepare to send 30,000 immigrants to Guantanamo
BumRushDaShow
May 2025
#36
All just because he watched fucking Escape from Alcatraz. His incoherent rant about "movies" when asked about this
Karasu
May 2025
#37