'EMBARRASSINGLY WASTEFUL': Trump's National Guard stunt in L.A. shown to be pointless and expensive
MSNBC·2025-07-19 05:18

For months, Donald Trump has openly mused about reopening the notorious Alcatraz federal prison, which is located on an island in the San Francisco Bay. Now, his administration is seriously looking into reopening Alcatraz. Today, Axios reported that Trump's plans to reopen Alcatraz, which is now a popular tourist attraction, could cost up to $2 billion. That's right. Donald Trump is looking to spend billions of dollars on reopening a prison that was shuttered over 60 years ago precisely because the governme ...