Mega-Thread: Trump Focused Discussion

[Edge-]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-alc...d44e50efb3c1fb

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island.

In a message on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, “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 to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.”

“That is why, today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt ALCATRAZ, to house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders,” he wrote, adding: “The reopening of ALCATRAZ will serve as a symbol of Law, Order, and JUSTICE.”

The prison was closed in 1963, and Alcatraz Island is currently operated as a tourist site.

Donald, a fucking weirdo, wants to make Alcatraz a prison again.

Alcatraz is rad. They do tours there. I'm sure they still have Scout troops come to do volunteer work and get to spend the night in the cells, which was a ton of fun and super cool.

It's going to be enormously expensive to reactivate the prison again, and honestly this probably won't even happen.

But that he's even talking about it is very stupid an also very weird.

Can anyone check to see if The Rock (the movie) has been on TV recently?

[Tech614]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-alc...d44e50efb3c1fb



Donald, a fucking weirdo, wants to make Alcatraz a prison again.

Alcatraz is rad. They do tours there. I'm sure they still have Scout troops come to do volunteer work and get to spend the night in the cells, which was a ton of fun and super cool.

It's going to be enormously expensive to reactivate the prison again, and honestly this probably won't even happen.

But that he's even talking about it is very stupid an also very weird.

Can anyone check to see if The Rock (the movie) has been on TV recently?

Tourism already struggling thanks to pissing off all of our developed friends so yea time to turn all tourist attractions into prisons. Disney has a lot of land in florida that can be next.

I really want to know how this idiot thinks they can "enlarge" Alcatraz though, clearly he has never been there as the prison takes up the vast majority of the habitable part of the island. Just build a bigger island! Or build where it will get flooded I guess /shrug

[Bwgmon]

In news I'm sure will surprise absolutely nobody: the Totally-Not-Signal version of Signal was hacked.

https://www.404media.co/the-signal-c...es-was-hacked/
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[Odinfrost]

In news I'm sure will surprise absolutely nobody: the Totally-Not-Signal version of Signal was hacked.

https://www.404media.co/the-signal-c...es-was-hacked/
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I kinda wanna see the shitstorm that happens in the AU where it was the democrats that was this incompetent (but every other factor stays the same)
I wanna see how absolutely hypocritical everyone involved with Signalgate are/would be. Would make for good popcorn consumption

[Nightmare Queen]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-alc...d44e50efb3c1fb



Donald, a fucking weirdo, wants to make Alcatraz a prison again.

Alcatraz is rad. They do tours there. I'm sure they still have Scout troops come to do volunteer work and get to spend the night in the cells, which was a ton of fun and super cool.

It's going to be enormously expensive to reactivate the prison again, and honestly this probably won't even happen.

But that he's even talking about it is very stupid an also very weird.

Can anyone check to see if The Rock (the movie) has been on TV recently?

Alcatraz is haunted as fuck for a reason

[Kaleredar]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-alc...d44e50efb3c1fb



Donald, a fucking weirdo, wants to make Alcatraz a prison again.

Alcatraz is rad. They do tours there. I'm sure they still have Scout troops come to do volunteer work and get to spend the night in the cells, which was a ton of fun and super cool.

It's going to be enormously expensive to reactivate the prison again, and honestly this probably won't even happen.

But that he's even talking about it is very stupid an also very weird.

Can anyone check to see if The Rock (the movie) has been on TV recently?

Alcatraz was shut down because it was horribly expensive and inefficient to run and held very few prisoners.


But just like all things trump, it “gives the illusion of being tough” on whatever right-wing imagined grievance without having to… you know, actually do anything about it. Just like the random whack-a-mole deportations, or the calls to “build a wall” (we aren’t hearing much about that this time around, are we?), or other such nonsense.

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I really want to know how this idiot thinks they can "enlarge" Alcatraz though, clearly he has never been there as the prison takes up the vast majority of the habitable part of the island. Just build a bigger island! Or build where it will get flooded I guess /shrug

I'm calling it.

He watched The Rock and thinks things like the tunnels in the movie are actually real and underneath the prison (they aren't).

In news I'm sure will surprise absolutely nobody: the Totally-Not-Signal version of Signal was hacked.

https://www.404media.co/the-signal-c...es-was-hacked/
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I hope whoever got the data just shitposts a bunch of their internal coms.

Buttery Mails!

[Moralgy]

I'm calling it.

He watched The Rock and thinks things like the tunnels in the movie are actually real and underneath the prison (they aren't).



I hope whoever got the data just shitposts a bunch of their internal coms.

Buttery Mails!

I mean, thats the most plausible thing. Bro prob legit just watched the Rock recently and thats where his dementia has him pointed for a minute

[gondrin]

it's wild how donald sounds like what republicans have said communists sound like for decades, innit?

Speaking of this, even conservative talk show hosts and the CATO Institute caught onto that and basically called it for what it is.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...87750507&ei=19

President Donald Trump on Sunday was criticized for defending his trade policies by insisting 11-year-old girls “can have 3 dolls or 4 dolls” and “5” pencils — with one critic exclaiming, the president “sounds like a true communist to me.”

In an interview that aired Sunday, NBC News’ Kristen Welker asked Trump about comments he made during a recent Cabinet meeting where he argued “maybe the children will have 2 dolls instead of 30 dolls, and maybe the 2 dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally.”

“Are you saying your tariffs will cause some prices to go up?” Welker asked Trump.

“No, I think the tariffs are going to be great for us because it’s going to make us rich,” Trump said.

When Welker noted he’s previously acknowledged prices will go up, Trump launched into a stunning defense of his economic policy.

“I don't think a beautiful baby girl that's 11 years old needs to have 30 dolls,” Trump said. “I think they can have 3 dolls or 4 dolls. They don't need to have 250 pencils. They can have 5.”

“Sounds like a true communist to me,” anti-Trump X account @RpsAgainstTrump posted.

“Hahaha. Five pencils per household. Truly, the Golden Age!” Cato Institute Vice President Scott Lincicome replied.

"The Department of Central Planning and Child Rearing has figured out the optimal number of dolls and pencils each child should have to make beautiful Republic,” University of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers quipped.

"So we should buy $50,000 Teslas but not too many pencils?” gun violence prevention advocate Shannon Watts asked. “Got it.”

Even conservative talk radio host Erik Erickson took issue with the president’s remark.

“This is not a good angle from President Trump,” Erickson said. “It is the worst California or European style nanny statism — the government knows best how many dolls and pencils you need. Not you. Not your parents. In government we trust.”

[s_bushido]

https://apnews.com/article/trump-alc...d44e50efb3c1fb

"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."

Indeed. They call themselves Republicans...

[gondrin]

Alcatraz was shut down because it was horribly expensive and inefficient to run and held very few prisoners.


But just like all things trump, it “gives the illusion of being tough” on whatever right-wing imagined grievance without having to… you know, actually do anything about it. Just like the random whack-a-mole deportations, or the calls to “build a wall” (we aren’t hearing much about that this time around, are we?), or other such nonsense.

This.

We have the equivalent version of it in Colorado. They needed somewhere to basically put the worst of the worst back in the 1930s and no other prison was capable of basically limiting escapes in a way Alcatraz did. Now we have Supermax Prisons that, for all intent and purposes, outperform Alcatraz by light years in that regard.

[btlcryct]

10 bucks, he wants it be a mirror image of CECOT.

[Edge-]

Speaking of this, even conservative talk show hosts and the CATO Institute caught onto that and basically called it for what it is.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...87750507&ei=19

“This is not a good angle from President Trump,” Erickson said. “It is the worst California or European style nanny statism — the government knows best how many dolls and pencils you need. Not you. Not your parents. In government we trust.”

It would help if I felt like they actually learned anything from these momentary realizations.

Anyways - https://www.reuters.com/business/med...us-2025-05-04/

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday a 100% tariff on movies produced outside of the United States, saying the U.S. movie industry was dying a "very fast death" due to the incentives that other countries were offering to draw American filmmakers.

"This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

Translation: Donald functionally killed a ton of lower budget flicks that film abroad to save money. Also jacked up the prices on a ton of big budget flicks that film in places like Canada because it's cheaper to film city shots there than it actually is in NYC and shit.

Weird choice for a guy who watches a lot of movies. Also, F in chat for all my fellow weebs who have enjoyed anime releasing in theaters and shit.

This is probably gonna cause China to completely shut out Hollywood, too.

Just L after L after L because Donald is a very stupid man surrounded by other very stupid people who don't understand how the world works.

[Breccia]

This is probably gonna cause China to completely shut out Hollywood, too.

Good.

I wish no ill will towards Hollywood, but I trust them to respond to such a response by China by repeatedly accurately pointing out whose fault it was. And they specialize in getting the attention of people easily distracted by shiny objects, so Trump might actually feel it.

[Endus]

Good.

I wish no ill will towards Hollywood, but I trust them to respond to such a response by China by repeatedly accurately pointing out whose fault it was. And they specialize in getting the attention of people easily distracted by shiny objects, so Trump might actually feel it.

Also, no crap to China specifically, but man has the film-making cooperation between Hollywood and Chinese studio been INCREDIBLY forced and generally unpleasant to experience, as it's so clearly bent on trying to ensure the film's marketable to Chinese audiences before telling a good story.

Like, there's tons of Chinese actors I love, I grew up loving Hong Kong action cinema. It's not that they're Chinese, or that there's cooperation. It's franchises like The Meg where it's just so blatantly forced together that it shows that I'm complaining about, here. It's just the latest crass commercialization where decisions are made for profit's sake, not the product's.

[fwc577]

Any little girl caught with more than 3 dolls will be sent to The Colonies!

[TACOshake]

New script spec.
Rasputin whisper crazy ideas into the emporer's ear. Except Rasputin is really just three crazy racists in a trenchcoat; Stephen Miller, Elon Musk, and Jon Voight?!



That was Jon Voight asking for a tax break for domestic production. And 1000% tariff otaku grandpa turned that into “tariff foreign films!!”

TRUMP TAKE ANIME!

Time for all the incel to feed their darling waifu avatars to the leopards.

[Edge-]

New script spec.
Rasputin whisper crazy ideas into the emporer's ear. Except Rasputin is really just three crazy racists in a trenchcoat; Stephen Miller, Elon Musk, and Jon Voight?!



That was Jon Voight asking for a tax break for domestic production. And 1000% tariff otaku grandpa turned that into “tariff foreign films!!”

TRUMP TAKE ANIME!

Time for all the incel to feed their darling waifu avatars to the leopards.

[Draco-Onis]

Not at all, but you won't fix things while half the country trusts Fox & Newsmax as their trustworthy news sources. So how to wean them off their echo chambers unless we get *them* to trust our new fact-check panel? Fact Checkers that are only trusted by half the country are not much help.

My idea is not to compromise on the facts, only to have some members of the panel drawn from people trusted by Republicans. Trick would be finding some trusted Republicans with integrity to speak truth.

How about we just restore media standards so that places like Newsmax and Fox News have to follow the law? the only reason things have gotten this bad is due to deregulation in the name of profit. It will affect both sides since now there would be standards if violated will lead to expensive lawsuits and / or losing your license.

[Fugus]

Weird choice for a guy who watches a lot of movies. Also, F in chat for all my fellow weebs who have enjoyed anime releasing in theaters and shit.

As someone who enjoys anime, I honestly don’t recall the last time I saw anime ever hit theaters. I only watch dub though, don’t read fast enough to keep pace with many of them and hate missing half of what is going on. But also dislike how half the females talk with a high pitch and breathy voice when they talk in the English dubs but that’s more tolerable than reading my shows.

Also Disney really annoyed me with how they bought the rights to Tokyo Revengers only to stop the English dubs. That series was honestly better than it had any right to be and is finished, just not in English for the last 2 seasons.