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[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

Has he been there? Like it's fuckin old. And small. Like really small. I don't know if he can legally do that either. Since it's a state park.

[–] Hikuro93@lemmy.world 51 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (2 children)

So... You take a prison which:

  • 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.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago

I bet he plans on charging rent to the prisoners at California rates or some bullshit

[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago

Somebody needs to just wave something shiny in front of him to distract him from this stupid idea.

The same PBS he wants to cut ahahaha

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 hour ago

Wasn't that place at least as famous for successful escapes as it was for being a tough and scary place of punishment? If you're whole bag is turning back the clock to a time you thought was tougher, more punitive and therefore somehow more effective at deterrence and your decisions are more cultural than rational; shouldn't you pick somewhere not famous specifically for failing at it's entire purpose of existence?

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 21 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He really is a profoundly stupid man. Everyone who supports him should be ashamed of themselves.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 32 minutes ago

His supporters have been so crippled by centuries of inbreeding they see him as their genius messiah, literally.

[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

This just reinforces my theory that he saw Canadian Bacon at some point last summer.

[–] Ulrich_the_Old@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 hours ago

The last thing that America needs is another jail. They have more jails and inmates than any other country on the planet. Also it would cost much more to refurbish Alcatraz than it would to build a new jail. The orange rapist is an idiot.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 39 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Stop letting this man watch television.

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

"Old man yells at cloud" isn't the issue, "Old man can order airstrike on cloud" is.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Let him watch all the television he wants. Stop letting him interact with people and things.

[–] Kacarott@aussie.zone 6 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Let him interact with people and things, but in a retirement home where he belongs.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

THE FLETCHER MEMORIAL, HOME FOR INCURABLE TYRANTS AND KINGS

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

The only final solution I support.

No I'm thinking a bunker with 9 foot thick concrete walls, no door, a 1.5 inch diameter hole for air and McDonald's french fries, a television and one of those brown blankets they wrap you in when your house burns down. And maybe if you put me in a good enough mood I wouldn't turn a garden hose down the air shaft.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I genuinely want somebody who thinks this is a good idea to explain to me why this is better than building a new maximum security prison on the mainland.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 hours ago

thank god he didn't watch the rock on hbo

[–] Binky@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 4 hours ago

Dementia Donnie should not be running this country.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 229 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (8 children)

This is standard procedure for him. Something gives him an idea, he assumes that it is pure genius and he immediately runs with it without even thinking it through or at least educating himself on the subject first to see if it is actually a good idea or not.

This is him just moments before he famously suggested on a national press conference that shining UV light or injecting disinfectant into people's bodies could be a treatment to COVID:

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 hours ago

I'm sure there was another similar incident in the last few months when some "policy" came out of the blue, and someone connected it to something else that had just recently been on TV. But, finding something like that is nearly impossible. What do you search for, "crazy policy ideas, Trump, 2025" There are just mountains of BS to sift through.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 85 points 7 hours ago

Been commenting about this for YEARS! Could never find that part of the video and here you have a pic!

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 40 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

If it was just him, it wouldn't be that bad. Kinda like Bush Jr. The problem is that he surrounds himself with yes-men. I'm sure you've seen meetings with him and his orbit. He says something, stupid as hell, and his cult claps, stands, cheers and/or laughs like it's worthy of a Nobel. It's seriously deranged behavior. It's a cult. Except he's just grandpa sundowner everyone agrees with to get in his good graces, or a child spouting nonsense while the parents just go "that's nice dear" absent-mindedly. He's so easy to fluff.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

I feel we also devalue Bush jr. for the way he chose to speak to people. I feel you could call Bush a smart man, even politically savy, while still talking like a layman. However, Trump is genuinely dumb like his speech implies, and people just roll with it.

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[–] oppy1984@lemm.ee 8 points 5 hours ago

Like a spoiled 4 year old in so many ways...

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

This is standard procedure for him. Something gives him an idea

so donvict watches public television. huh. the very same public television he wants to cut funding to...

and for entertainment purposes, not just to find 'biased' news reports to whine about in an overnight all-caps twitter tantrum.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

He probably just didn't know how to change the channel back to Newsmax.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He was mindlessly flicking through the channels until one seemed interesting.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

I doubt his interest extends that far.

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

We all know that he doesn't watch PBS. Too educational.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 hours ago

Not to mention he just cut funding for it

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 119 points 8 hours ago (5 children)

He wasn't watching PBS... so someone else told him to do it after watching it. Probably same person trying to find more reasons to defund PBS.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

I'm sure he wasn't even aware of what station was airing the movie. He was flicking through the channels and saw one that was interesting.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 15 points 5 hours ago

See, I don't know. He's been posting about cutting funding, so I could see him turning it on expecting to see a bunch of queers making out with ostriches or whatever the fuck he thinks goes on at PBS but instead got an idea. Which is kind of sweet, if you think about it. That's so PBS, they can't help but educate even if the viewer is a fascist penis wrinkle.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

It's like a billion dollar rebuild and a multi million dollar yearly budget, why the fuck would we ever open this shithole ever again.

It lasted like 30 years specifically because sadly corroded the ever loving fuck out of everything and last I heard salt water isn't any less salty then 1969.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 31 points 8 hours ago

Ikr, him watching pbs would be a good onion though

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 62 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Please get this man addicted to Star Trek: The Next Generation.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 21 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

He would deport Geordi, Whorf and Data for not being white. And probably O'Brian for being Irish.

[–] dmention7@lemm.ee 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Whorf

I think I think i read that fanfic back in the 90s.... co-starring Long-Luc Dickhard and Chestly Crushher?

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago

Lieutenant Commander Dat Ass

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 14 points 7 hours ago

Ha ha irish being white! Whats next, italians? Ha ha ho ho

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[–] ijedi1234@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

"I am hereby placing a 100% TARIFF on transport fees for any Q visiting from the Q Continuum. As you know, one of them turned me literally orange, 'as a joke'. If this dangerous criminal is found in Federation space again, I have given out orders to immediately apprehend the Q responsible and hold him in Alcatraz Prison. The Q will then be ransomed back to the bloodthirsty murderers of the Q Continuum."

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[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

That man has dementia.

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