President Donald J. Trump just took to Truth Social and dropped a truth bomb with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer: it’s time to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz. You know, the infamous rock in the San Francisco Bay that once caged America’s most violent thugs, mobsters, and psychopaths.
Trump isn’t just waxing nostalgic here—he wants to enlarge it and make it a full-blown fortress for the worst of the worst. And let’s be honest, with the current crime wave swallowing our cities and the revolving door justice system practically begging criminals to reoffend, it’s hard not to see the appeal.
Here’s the thing: when Trump says we were a more “serious Nation,” he’s not wrong. We used to actually punish criminals, not coddle them with bail reform and virtue-signaling DAs who seem more interested in protecting criminals’ feelings than citizens’ lives. Meanwhile, in cities like San Francisco, the only thing more dangerous than the fentanyl on the sidewalks is the ideology in City Hall. But don’t worry—Trump’s ready to bring the hammer down.
REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ! For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate… pic.twitter.com/u1jOCMXeW5
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 5, 2025
He’s calling out the Department of Justice, the FBI, Homeland Security—the whole alphabet soup—and telling them to get busy laying bricks. And this isn’t about nostalgia or tourism. This is about law and order, baby. It’s about sending a message loud and clear: if you’re the kind of person who thinks it’s cool to carjack grandmothers, assault cops, or run fentanyl cartels out of sanctuary cities, you’ve earned yourself an extended stay on an island that’s cold, isolated, and crawling with federal oversight.
And yes, liberals will cry. Oh, how they’ll cry. They’ll clutch their pearls about “mass incarceration” and “systemic injustice” and every other buzzword they can conjure from their sociology textbooks. But while they’re busy pontificating on Twitter from their rent-controlled apartments, working-class Americans are getting robbed, assaulted, and—let’s just say it—killed. If you’ve got blood on your hands, maybe a scenic view of the Bay isn’t the worst way to spend the rest of your days.
Of course, critics will point out that Alcatraz was closed for being too expensive. But maybe that was back when the federal government wasn’t spending trillions printing play money for Ukrainian border wars and DEI consultants. Maybe, just maybe, we can afford to drop a few billion on a prison that actually scares people—you know, the way prisons are supposed to.
And for those wondering if this is all just bluster—remember who you’re dealing with. This is the same guy who took on China, NATO freeloaders, and the entire D.C. establishment without so much as loosening his tie. If Trump says he’s reopening Alcatraz, grab your hardhat and stand back—he might just do it.
President Trump just called for the notorious Alcatraz prison to be restored and reopened.
He wants it to be reopened to house the most dangerous criminals in our country so that they literally cannot return to polite society to harm anyone ever again unless they swim through… pic.twitter.com/tV5GZNE5ml
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 4, 2025
So let the elite scoff. Let the corporate media roll their eyes. They’ve never had to live in neighborhoods plagued by repeat offenders, and they sure as heck don’t ride the subway at night. But Trump? He’s channeling that righteous indignation of millions who are fed up, locked and loaded, and ready to take their country back—starting with a little rock in the middle of the Bay.
