I need to catch up on my reading, because something Steve Benen said a couple of weeks ago is really resonating for me. It’s all about Alcatraz:
With this in mind, Trump’s directive to “rebuild” and “substantially” enlarge the prison, preparing it to house dangerous felons again, isn’t just pointless. It would also be, as The New York Times put it, “extraordinarily expensive” — even as the administration plans to cut billions of dollars from federal law enforcement.
So why make enormous investments of time and resources into renovating an unnecessary prison? Apparently because the incumbent president — himself, a convicted felon — thinks it would be cool to use this as a “symbol.”
My bold.
That’s right – President Trump’s preparing a future prison cell for himself.
I’m surprised Colbert didn’t catch that.
