President Donald Trump announced early Sunday evening that he was directing his administration to rebuild and reopen the notorious island prison Alcatraz, located just over a mile off the California coast near San Francisco.
Trump delivered the announcement in a post to his Truth Social platform, saying in part that he wanted to use the prison — once it was renovated and expanded — to help house criminal illegal aliens if the Democrats’ carefully-shopped district court judges continue to block his efforts to deport them.
“REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” Trump’s post began. “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.”
“When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep…
