President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island that has been closed for more than 60 years.
Alcatraz is owned by the National Parks Service though, so I imagine it more directly hurts the federal government - hurting California is more of a secondary nature.
I cant imagine retrofitting such an ancient structure for modern prison standards will be cheap…
Like… you’d be better off building a new structure…
Not to mention the loss of revenue from tourism.
That revenue loss is the point. Lil Donnie loves to do anything he can to hurt California.
Alcatraz is owned by the National Parks Service though, so I imagine it more directly hurts the federal government - hurting California is more of a secondary nature.
Really just a self own…
True, but it’s also a major source of tourism venue, and an icon.