Trump Advocates Mental Hospitals

Long-time readers know we have harped on the ill-advised closure of our nation's mental hospitals. A quick search shows the first time COTTonLINE took up the subject was in 2007, over 12 years ago.

I am happy to see that President Trump has begun to advocate the reestablishment of places of refuge for the mentally ill. The Washington Times quotes him as saying:

We have to start building institutions again. So many of these institutions were closed [decades ago], and the people were just allowed to go onto the streets. And that was a terrible thing for our country. We have to open up institutions. We can’t let these people be on the streets.

Exactly right. It is the logical response to mass shootings and homeless encampments under overpasses.