“The Rock” Made Him Do It: Trump’s Alcatraz Fantasy and the Real Assault on Our Parks

Presidential policy shaped by late-night Nicolas Cage movies, is not just ridiculous, it’s dangerous.

Sometime after midnight, Donald Trump sat alone in a gold-plated recliner, surrounded by half-eaten Filet-O-Fish wrappers and the glow of a flat-screen TV. On screen: The Rock, that Michael Bay classic where Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery save San Francisco from a chemical weapons attack launched from, yes, Alcatraz.

Now, I’m just speculating that watchin…