The Situation: President Trump suggesting the reopening of Alcatraz for the “dregs of society.”
Is it protected to say that President Trump might be whimsical at instances (“Trump: Let’s reopen Alcatraz,” Might 5)?
Out of the blue comes the notion of restoring Alcatraz.
Was he spurred by watching the Clint Eastwood film “Escape from Alcatraz?”
What’s subsequent?
The restoration of chain gangs?
Or will the infamous French penal colony of Satan’s Island be subsequent?
I recommend individuals study the explanations Alcatraz was closed in 1963.
Bringing this jail as much as situation would break the bank to deal with simply 336 inmates.
Trump ought to let it proceed on because the museum it’s right now underneath the Nationwide Park Service.
Whereas individuals can latch onto to a few of Trump’s initiatives, this shouldn’t be one in all them.
Phil Serpico
Queens
President Trump suggesting the reopening of Alcatraz is just not a sink-or-swim proposition.
It’s an instance of how he tries to search out options to America’s issues and create dialogue to result in optimistic change.
Trump is fearless and open to impactful solutions.
Peter Cooper
Bronxville
It’s clear that hardened criminals not worry being arrested and going to jail.
Trump reopening Alcatraz would function a wake-up name to all of the rapists, little one molesters and murderers in America.
Daniel Robinowitz
Dallas, Texas
Like many individuals, I’ve been in a cell at Alcatraz, however escaped.
It’s so much simpler while you’re a vacationer.
Trump desires to reopen it as a working jail.
There are certainly sufficient safe jails already, and if not, constructing and operating prisons may be very worthwhile.
That is most likely a distracting stunt, reasonably than a real try and wipe out an fascinating vacationer spot.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia
If Alcatraz reopens, it ought to have a one-way door; a manner in however no manner out — until a legal is departing in a pine field.
Thomas Birnbaum
Manhattan
Trump thinks he’s so sensible along with his insane, obtuse and embarrassing concepts.
Now he desires to carry again Alcatraz jail.
What a joke.
Perhaps within the subsequent election, Individuals can elect a frontrunner who isn’t stark-raving mad.
Willie Harris
Peoria, Ariz.
Trump desires to reopen Alcatraz.
Cool, let’s do this — and let him be the primary inmate admitted.
Kreg Ramone
Manhattan
The Situation: Metropolis Council members’ initiative to delete the NYPD’s gang database, stopping ICE arrests.
It defies all logic and customary sense for these teenaged punks to be launched again into our society as juveniles (“Impunyty for li’l terrors,” Might 7).
We are able to definitely anticipate them to commit extra crimes towards our residents.
The progressives on the Metropolis Council who need to maintain ICE from going after them are actually attempting to cross laws to kill the NYPD’s gang database to additional forestall affordable policing.
Apparently, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams and her associates are on the facet of crime.
These Metropolis Council members must be held accountable.
Saul Mishaan
Brooklyn
The Metropolis Council’s concept to expunge the NYPD’s gang database is one other instance of how far-left Democrats
proceed to embrace make-believe ideology over the cruel actuality that New York Metropolis goes down the bathroom.
The council must refocus its priorities to cleansing up town, as an alternative of operating our streets like a pack of wilding politicians.
Donathan Salkaln
Manhattan
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