Donald Trump Wants to Reopen Alcatraz — After Watching ‘Escape From Alcatraz’ on TV
Ever wonder where Donald Trump gets his policy ideas? Take, for example, the presidential proclamation he fired off Sunday night on Truth Social, ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen and expand Alcatraz to house “America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders.”
Where, oh where, could that have come from?
It’s not like anyone’s seriously floated reopening The Rock since it shut down in 1963 and became a fog-shrouded tourist attraction run by the National Park Service. At least not until Trump somehow, seemingly out of nowhere, came up with the notion on Sunday night.
We think we know what happened.
Last weekend, Wlrn — a PBS affiliate that services South Florida, including Palm Beach and Mar-a-Lago — aired a rerun of Escape From Alcatraz, Clint Eastwood’s 1979 classic about the prison’s most famous breakout. In fact, it aired it not once, but twice: Saturday night, then again Sunday morning...
Where, oh where, could that have come from?
It’s not like anyone’s seriously floated reopening The Rock since it shut down in 1963 and became a fog-shrouded tourist attraction run by the National Park Service. At least not until Trump somehow, seemingly out of nowhere, came up with the notion on Sunday night.
We think we know what happened.
Last weekend, Wlrn — a PBS affiliate that services South Florida, including Palm Beach and Mar-a-Lago — aired a rerun of Escape From Alcatraz, Clint Eastwood’s 1979 classic about the prison’s most famous breakout. In fact, it aired it not once, but twice: Saturday night, then again Sunday morning...
- 5/5/2025
- by Benjamin Svetkey
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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