Donald Trump made the surprise decision on Tuesday to recreate the notorious beach prison off the coast of San Francisco, Alcatraz. Trump’s most recent order, which was developed in a council area, appears to have been inspired by Hollywood more than Washington, with the US leader insisting that the abandoned stronghold represents” something very powerful, very effective in terms of law and order.”
Trump appeared to reference his plan to revitalize the famous island prison with a Hollywood-style perception of law and order, saying,” Well, I guess I was supposed to be a video producer.” It “represents something very powerful, very effective in terms of law and order.”
His remarks came after he gave a shock directive over the weekend to the FBI, Homeland Security, and Justice Department to resume a” substantially expanded and rebuilt” Alcatraz to apprehend” America’s most brutal and harsh offenders.” Officers and observers were caught off guard by the news, which was made on Trump’s Truth Social account, and it received a lot of mockery online.
The 1979 Clint Eastwood movie” Escape from Alcatraz” had quickly been spotted on social media in South Florida, including West Palm Beach, where Trump had spent the evening at Mar-a-Lago. Are we receiving American legislation from television shows? one users posted on X.
Trump nodded in agreement when asked if the video had inspired him. Alcatraz is, in my opinion, the most sublime, correct? He continued,” Alcatraz, Sing Sing, and Alcatraz, the shows,” before describing the prison as “both awful and beautiful and strong and terrible, and weak. There are many interesting things about it.
Some of America’s most notorious criminals, including Al Capone and George” Machine Gun” Kelly, were incarcerated there before closing in 1963 due to crumbling infrastructure and high costs. Since then, it has grown to be a significant holiday draw for the National Park Service, drawing in more than a million people each year.
The Bureau of Prisons clarifies that five fugitives were not found and are presumed drowned, despite Trump’s romanticized says that “nobody always escaped” and that one prisoner was discovered dying from” a lot of fish wounds.” Additionally, the organization points out that there are no “man-eating” fish in San Francisco Bay.
William Marshall, Trump’s fresh prisons director, stated that an instant assessment was afoot and that” The Bureau of Prisons will actively seek all avenues to assistance and implement the President’s agenda.”
The program has been criticized as impossible by critics. The President’s plan is not a severe one, according to former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whose region includes Alcatraz. People questioned the value of investing billions in a high-security jail while closing present ones because of similar equipment issues.
However, Alcatraz also has a significant symbolic significance for Trump. He said,” It just represented something powerful that has to do with law and order.” In this state,” we need law and order.”
