Trump Considers Reopening ‘Insane Asylums’ in Crusade Against Crime

Tom Durante Sep 1st, 2025, 12:42 pm

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President Donald Trump says he would consider reopening insane asylums as he expands his anti-crime crackdown.

Trump made the suggestion in a interview with reporter Reagan Reese that dropped Monday.

When Reese floated the possibility of the federal government reopening insane asylums for those with “serious mental illness,” Trump admitted he was open to it.

“Would you be open to the government reopening insane asylums for people with serious mental illness?” Reese asked.

“Yeah I would,” Trump replied.

“Well, they used to have them, and you never saw people like we had, you know, they used to have them,” he added. “And what happened is states

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