Trump Says the ‘Concept’ of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ for Immigrants Is That Escapees Will Be Eaten: ‘This Is Not a Nice Business!’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested that the concept of “Alligator Alcatraz” is that escaped detainees will be eaten by the local wildlife.

On Tuesday morning, Trump was on his way to visit the hastily-built migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades. Before departing the White House, he took questions during a brief media gaggle.

When one reporter asked if the “idea” behind the facility is that migrants will be discouraged from attempting to escape by the risk of being eaten by a snake or an alligator, Trump said:

I guess that’s the concept. This is not a nice business! I guess that’s the concept. If you, you know, snakes are fast, but alligators — we’re going to teach them how to run away from an alligator, OK, if they escape prison. How to run away: don’t run in a straight line, run like this. And you know what? Your chances go up about one percent, OK? Not a good thing.

As Trump explained how to escape from alligators, he waved his right hand from side to side as if mimicking a zig-zag pattern.

During that same gaggle, Trump escalated his ongoing feud with Elon Musk by signaling that he’d be open to the possibility of deporting the South African billionaire.

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