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Towlie

(5,513 posts)
Sun May 11, 2025, 03:55 PM May 11

MSNBC just showed a clip of Howard Lutnick, US Secretary of Commerce, on Fox News

Howard Lutnick said, and I quote, "You've heard the president talk about trillions and trillions of factories being built in America."

I did the math, interpreting "trillions and trillions" as just one trillion, and assuming that these factories are not stacked on top of each other.

Google says "The United States has a total area of approximately 3,794,083 square miles. This includes both land and water areas. The land area alone is 3,531,925 square miles."

There are 27,880,000 square feet in a square mile.

If these factories are built everywhere in the USA, even over water, with nothing else anywhere except factories and no space between them, the average area of each of these one trillion factories would be 106 square feet, equal to a square 10 feet, 3.4 inches on a side.

If these factories are built on all of the land in the USA but not over water, with nothing else anywhere except factories and no space between them, the average area of each of these one trillion factories would be 98 square feet, equal to a square 9 feet, 11 inches on a side.

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MSNBC just showed a clip of Howard Lutnick, US Secretary of Commerce, on Fox News (Original Post) Towlie May 11 OP
And they will all be making dweller May 11 #1
Mostly dolls & pencils I suspect... Woodycall May 11 #11
He means how currently trillions of dollars are zorbasd May 11 #2
They're going to be 10,000 feet tall. Problems solved! dchill May 11 #3
Nutlick must have brain damage Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 11 #4
Don't they bdamomma May 11 #33
But math may not be his strong point, lying could be. republianmushroom May 11 #5
bootlicking Skittles May 11 #6
yup republianmushroom May 11 #32
He's mistaken: it's quadrillions of factories PCIntern May 11 #7
They don't even bother to tell believable lies. Irish_Dem May 11 #8
Correct! They are demonstrating just how brainwashed their followers are. IrishAfricanAmerican May 11 #22
It's like they are showing off the stupidity of the American citizen. Irish_Dem May 11 #23
Here is an April 2025 claim by Lutnick about "trillions of dollars of factories": John1956PA May 11 #28
He is still sounding stupid. $Trillions are not going to be spent on US factories. Irish_Dem May 11 #30
Every time I see him speak snowybirdie May 11 #9
Let me cut to the chase. Both tRump and Nutlick are stupid, crooked, sob's. CentralMass May 11 #10
What Donny 2 Dolls' team lack in basic logic & math skills, they substitute with insanely extreme hyperbole Attilatheblond May 11 #12
Nutlick is one smart rich guy. NoMoreRepugs May 11 #13
Our country is being run by a bunch of overly-zealous seniles! eom ReRe May 11 #14
Howard Nutlicker is paid to lie. Unfortunately he makes up some wild ones and as we have seen GoodRaisin May 11 #15
"Trillions of dollars worth of factories", maybe? Or maybe not. TheRickles May 11 #16
Hahahahahahahahahahaha! AKwannabe May 11 #17
Talk about it is a;ll he ever does Warpy May 11 #18
You get a factory and you get a factory and you get a factory ........ rickford66 May 11 #19
And we'll all be billionaires! And the fruits and vegetables will pick itself! Grokenstein May 11 #20
The bottom line is that providing maga with facts triggers their denial mechanisms. taxi May 11 #21
Does this guy do anything or does he just go on Fox and kiss Trump's ass? Initech May 11 #24
"...trillions and trillions of factories"? calimary May 11 #25
Just another Trump cartel huckster. The Wizard May 11 #26
I have heard orange donny two dolls saying trillions of dollars are being niyad May 11 #27
Well done Ruby the Liberal May 11 #29
WTF is he even talking about? vapor2 May 11 #31
Also, Trump has saved 75% of the US population from fentanyl overdose Martin Eden May 12 #34

zorbasd

(414 posts)
2. He means how currently trillions of dollars are
Sun May 11, 2025, 04:02 PM
May 11

being sucked out of our country like no one has seen before.

dchill

(42,468 posts)
3. They're going to be 10,000 feet tall. Problems solved!
Sun May 11, 2025, 04:03 PM
May 11

Or maybe Howard Nutlick is a stupid liar.

PCIntern

(27,362 posts)
7. He's mistaken: it's quadrillions of factories
Sun May 11, 2025, 04:29 PM
May 11

With quintillions of American workers.

Get it right!

IrishAfricanAmerican

(4,252 posts)
22. Correct! They are demonstrating just how brainwashed their followers are.
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:26 PM
May 11

This is a seriously dangerous situation!

John1956PA

(4,120 posts)
28. Here is an April 2025 claim by Lutnick about "trillions of dollars of factories":
Sun May 11, 2025, 07:20 PM
May 11

He made that comment sometime before April 6.

From https://www.politicususa.com/p/trumps-commerce-secretary-admits

SEC. LUTNICK: The country is focused on- you realize, trillions of dollars of factories are going to be built in America. That's huge GDP. The factories being built in America are huge GDP--


Lutnick must have gotten carried away while being interviewed today and omitted the words "of dollars."

Irish_Dem

(70,277 posts)
30. He is still sounding stupid. $Trillions are not going to be spent on US factories.
Sun May 11, 2025, 07:23 PM
May 11

Cheap goods cannot be made in the US.
Land, labor, raw materials, too expensive.

snowybirdie

(6,124 posts)
9. Every time I see him speak
Sun May 11, 2025, 05:03 PM
May 11

I get the feeling he has the same mental problems exhibited by Felon. His family needs to intervene.

Attilatheblond

(6,038 posts)
12. What Donny 2 Dolls' team lack in basic logic & math skills, they substitute with insanely extreme hyperbole
Sun May 11, 2025, 05:54 PM
May 11

GoodRaisin

(10,215 posts)
15. Howard Nutlicker is paid to lie. Unfortunately he makes up some wild ones and as we have seen
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:05 PM
May 11

some pretty stupid ones too. That comment he made about his mother in law’s social security check stands as one of the stupidist comments I have ever heard. I don’t expect anyone to say anything that will top that.

This is just more of his run of the mill lying and he’s just not good at it.

AKwannabe

(6,793 posts)
17. Hahahahahahahahahahaha!
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:06 PM
May 11

Someone referred to him as Nutlick in another post.

Definitely a NUTLICK!!

Warpy

(113,471 posts)
18. Talk about it is a;ll he ever does
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:09 PM
May 11

It's not backed up by anything but hot air and wishful thinking.

Grokenstein

(6,013 posts)
20. And we'll all be billionaires! And the fruits and vegetables will pick itself!
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:22 PM
May 11

All you to do is give everything to the Master! Then wait!!

taxi

(2,274 posts)
21. The bottom line is that providing maga with facts triggers their denial mechanisms.
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:23 PM
May 11

This is a great example. Had Lutnick said, "thousands of factories will be built...", there would have been an uproar. The media would be all over it, airing segments and interviews about how the public has been told these lies too many times for them to be believed. Now, will trillions of factories about to built, it becomes believable. Maga cheers.

calimary

(86,506 posts)
25. "...trillions and trillions of factories"?
Sun May 11, 2025, 06:55 PM
May 11

Maybe they’re all the fleas in his mattress and blankets. He’s just extrapolating.

niyad

(123,998 posts)
27. I have heard orange donny two dolls saying trillions of dollars are being
Sun May 11, 2025, 07:18 PM
May 11

made here as we speak, but that is utter nonsense.

However, assuming that the nutcase is repeating what he heard, I have several questions. First, does land area include all the areas of the mountains. or just thei area of their base? I mean, there is a lot of land here in the West, but a great deal of it is vertical. And, second, where would all the people live?

Martin Eden

(14,393 posts)
34. Also, Trump has saved 75% of the US population from fentanyl overdose
Mon May 12, 2025, 08:12 AM
May 12

According to Pam Bondi.

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