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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A connection by President Donald Trump is getting a batch of attraction including immoderate treble takes successful the Bay Area.
Over the weekend, Trump posted connected societal media that helium wants to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz arsenic a Federal prison. "The Rock" was closed decades agone owed to rising costs, and aboriginal became a National Park and 1 of the biggest tourer draws around.
It's the spot wherever a much than a cardinal tourists sojourn each year. Notorious Alcatraz, amended known arsenic "The Rock" is some creepy and fascinating. The worldly of fable and Hollywood movies.
Alcatraz opened successful the 1930's and closed successful 1963.
But now, President Trump, posting connected Truth Social, says helium wants Alcatraz to beryllium rebuilt and reopened arsenic a Federal Prison to location immoderate of the nation's astir convulsive offenders.
"It's a awesome of instrumentality and order," said Trump.
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Donald Trump says helium is directing his authorities to reopen and grow Alcatraz successful San Francisco, which has been closed for much than 60 years.
Tourists visiting Alcatraz connected Monday were stunned by the idea.
"I deliberation it's 1 of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard successful my life. It would outgo billions to refit this building. It's not adjacent earthquake proof, you guys person earthquakes successful California," said Nanc Evans from Washington State.
"We're from Australia, derived from convicts and this is inhumane," said Doug McColl.
"It's a bully thought benignant of, for the atrocious prisoners yeah," said Kimberly Cozzolino from New Jersey.
Alcatraz was closed decades agone due to the fact that the situation was 3 times much costly to run compared to different Federal Prisons.
Another crushed wherefore Alcatraz was closed is due to the fact that it was virtually crumbling from the outside-in due to the fact that of each the brackish h2o and utmost weather.
The concern brought caller life, tragic death, and a conflict for power. And successful the end, it started a nationalist statement connected Native American rights that inspired generations and everlastingly changed nationalist sentiment and changed nationalist policy.
Nancy Pelosi posted connected X: "Alcatraz is present a precise fashionable National Park and a large tourer attraction, the President's connection is not a superior one."
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, brushed disconnected the idea.
"Speaker Pelosi said it close astir Alcatraz, this is not a superior proposal," said Lurie.
"There's a batch we could usage wealth on, too renovating an past crumbling depository connected an island," said San Francisco Assemblyman Matt Haney.
Former Alcatraz Inmate Charlie Hopkins, present successful his 90s, says Alcatraz is apt excessively aged to beryllium renovated.
"I don't deliberation helium wants to reopen it, he's trying to gully attraction to the transgression rate. When I was connected Alcatraz, a rat couldn't survive," said Hopkins.
So far, nary effect from the National Park Service oregon the institution which operates the Alcatraz ferries.
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