Lock him up in a solid gold cell
President Donald J. Trump’s latest brainstorm du jour is to reopen the federal prison on Alcatraz Island where he plans to incarcerate America’s most dangerous criminals.
This despite the opinion of many experts (which include a number of people who formerly worked there as guards, administrators, etc.) that to do so would require many, many millions of dollars to update the prison’s antiquated facilities.
Why are Elon Musk and his DOGE-ites not raising red flags to alert everyone about this obvious waste of taxpayers’ dollars?
And Trump himself is certainly displaying a presidential-level of chutzpah when he (a convicted 34-count felon and convicted sexual predator) speaks of housing “America’s most ruthless and violent” criminals there. Pot. Kettle. Black.
Perhaps Trump’s plan is to refurbish one of the cells with solid gold walls, bars, bunk, toilet, etc., so that he might feel more comfortable living there?
One can only hope.
Donn Smith, Marysville
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Stop playing! Gold jail cell would make Trump feel right at home on Alcatraz Island | Letter
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