Donald Trump didn’t shy away from acknowledging how “controversial” the ill-famed detention centre called “Alligator Alcatraz” was as he stepped out to tour the new temporary Florida facility. His MAGA entourage, including Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, took his side as they brazenly took pride in what has since emerged as a Nazi-style camp to detain not outright terrorists, but migrants.

The president issued a stark reminder for migrants who are soon expected to be detained there and will have to fend off against alligators, crocodiles and pythons surrounding the area in case of escape attempts. “Snakes are fast but alligators ‒ we’re going to teach them how to run away from an alligator,” the Republican leader told the reporters. Moving his hand back and forth, he added, “Don’t run in a straight line. Run like this.” 

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Trump rips migrants a new one

Arriving at the Florida facility, he didn’t mince words while admitting that “Alligator Alcatraz” is a “little controversial.” But he couldn’t care less. “It might be as good as the real Alcatraz,” he said, alluding to one of the most notorious American federal prisons that housed countless criminals in the 20th century.

MAGA propagandist rides Trump train

One-time conservative journalist Benny Johnson was right behind Trump in hyping the new migrant detention centre in Everglades. “Controversial” doesn’t even begin to describe what followed next. Even a swift glance through his social media threads was enough to leave anyone tongue-tied.

The right-wing YouTuber flipped his phone to shoot a selfie-style video of the “Jurassic Park” qualities of the so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” as if he were out sight-seeing. While Johnson continued boasting how he “got to ask four questions to Trump on live national TV,” his delight at the expense of cruelty that would soon be borne by the complex’s inmates was excruciatingly palpable through the screen.

Benny’s following comments reeked of ruthless sadism. “You go in and you don’t come out. And if you do, the alligators get you,” he said. With a grin across his face, he further remarked how this was “not a fun place” to be in, except for obviously the Trump admin officials, the president, him and other MAGA influencers presumably invited to make viral content of details of a draconian future they are planning to throw many into.

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“I have just been handed official Alligator Alcatraz merch. I repeat, this prison has merch. Things are going insanely well,” he captioned the post. What made matters even worse is that an elated Johnson did all that wearing an ‘Alcatraz Black Structured Adjustable Hat,’ paid for by Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier, who called the detention centre a “one-stop shop to carry out President Trump’s mass deportation agenda.”

‘Alligator Alcatraz up and running’: Trump squashes DeSantis rivalry, praise governor

Trump and DeSantis quashed their infamous beef while sharing the floor for the opening of the new migrant detention centre in the Everglades. The American president even went on to praise Florida governor’s swiftness in getting the facility up from the ground. “Ron worked beautifully with Kristi (Noem) and all of the people at Homeland Security and got it done in how many days, Ron?” he told reporters.

An all-smiles Florida Republican nodded: “Eight days, a new facility was up and running.” In what was practically a photo-op, Trump couldn’t seem to stop gushing about his “friend” DeSantis,” adding that the Floridian would always be his pal despite their potential future “skirmishes.”

Trump vs Biden back in focus in the worst way possible

As seen recently, the Republican leader is no longer shying away from dropping expletives and F-bombs while speaking of issues and people of his non-interest. Ex-President Joe Biden again became a prey to his off-sounding critical onslaught as Trump called him a “son of a b***h” while touring ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Standing next to cages with beds meant for detained migrants starting Wednesday, the POTUS said, “Biden wanted me in here, OK. He wanted me. Didn’t work out that way, but he wanted me in here that son of a b—-.”

The state-operated facility in South Florida is expected to have up to 3,000 beds (potentially even 5,000 sometime down the line), according to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Estimated to cost $450 million annually, the complex now sits on a once-abandoned airfield and will be surrounded by a snake-and-gator-infested marsh to keep migrants in at any cost.