How many factories have been setup in the USA ?

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Hobbit XIII Apr 12 @ 6:42am

Tarriffs were put in place so America will buy American goods again, at least until Trump changes his mind and thinks of some other reasons he put them up.

With this grand vision of re - industrialising the USA how many factories has Trump been building and setting up since he became president and does anybody know how many factories he owns before he was president a person of his wealth surely must have been able to spread that coin into industrialisation which he clearly cares a lot about.

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Rumpelcrutchskin Apr 12 @ 6:47am

He should probably start with all the gold plated garbage that he is selling, all this stuff is manufactured in China.

Xero_Daxter Apr 12 @ 7:09am

I already work at a factory and the factory I work in is independently owned. What we make? Beverage machines from soda, coffee, tea, ice cream, slushy, and ect…

I’m indirectly contributing to obesity.

HypersleepyNaputunia Apr 12 @ 7:11am

High daxtrose xero syrup

Haruspex Apr 12 @ 7:27am

Originally posted by Corvus XIII:
Tarriffs were put in place so America will buy American goods again...

Man, I don't know the real reason. The dude never talks straight. He's either joking or deadly serious, and it's one or the other depending on the outcome. This does seem to be the most logical reason, but we don't seem to have the most logical leadership right now. It's just pure chaos. Any positives that come out of it seem more accidental than planned. I mean, I'll take 'em, but it can be really stressful if you pay too much attention.

If I try and read between the lines, my guess is that it's market manipulation. He's pumping and dumping the entire American economy for his friends like he pumped and dumped his terrible crypto coin.

Hobbit XIII Apr 12 @ 7:39am

Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:
I already work at a factory and the factory I work in is independently owned. What we make? Beverage machines from soda, coffee, tea, ice cream, slushy, and ect…

I’m indirectly contributing to obesity.

Thats really cool actually.
I love machines and I imagine it must have a lot of them there.
- worked in lots of factories after school via agencies.

Funny I always figured you would be a drone operator taking pictures and layouts for some reason.

Immortalis Apr 12 @ 7:54am

Factories already built? None, it's literally been 2 and a half months since Trump took office.

As for the investment that have been actually planned and announced:
- Johnson & Johnson: On Friday, Johnson & Johnson announced manufacturing, research and development, and technology investments of more than $55 billion in the U.S. over the next four years. They say it represents a 25 percent increase in investment compared to the previous four years under President Joe Biden, crediting an increase in investment levels to the 2017 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act. Also on Friday, the company broke ground on a 500,000-square-foot biologics manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina.
- SoftBank: On Monday, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago and announced a $100 billion investment over the next four years with a promise to create 100,000 jobs focused on artificial intelligence and related infrastructure, according to CNBC.
- United Arab Emirates: After a meeting with Trump, the United Arab Emirates committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion agreement with the U.S. that will sustain existing investments in AI infrastructure, semiconductors, energy, and American manufacturing, according to Reuters.
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company: Semiconductor giant TSMC announced earlier this month in response to Trump's tariffs threat on foreign chips that it would invest another $100 billion into its U.S. operations. The anticipated new chip fabrication plants, two advanced packaging facilities, and a new research and design center will increase the company's total investment in Phoenix to $165 billion—the largest foreign direct investment in U.S. history.
- In January, Trump announced a $500 billion private investment in AI infrastructure led by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank.
- Apple: Tech giant Apple announced a $500 billion investment.
- Nvidia: On Thursday, the White House announced that chipmaker Nvidia would invest hundreds of billions of dollars over the next four years in U.S.-based manufacturing operations.

If we want to put these investments in perspective, as of October 2024 - meaning almost at the end of his term - Biden accrued investment for a total of $910 billions (or roughly a third of what has already been pledged and put on the table in 2 months of the Trump Administration); most of which, by the way, were prompted by the incentive that the Federa Government actually handed out in return for those investments, under programs like the Infrastructure Bill, the Chips and Science Acts and the Inflation Reduction Act.

https://www.newsweek.com/business-trump-biden-investments-manufacturing-recession-2048775
https://www.investing.com/news/politics-news/investment-commitments-in-us-nears-3-trillion-since-trump-took-office-3945050

Abaddon the Despoiler Apr 12 @ 7:55am

Do meth labs count?

xBCxRangers Apr 12 @ 7:57am

Well there's not gonna be many factories if Trump keeps capitulating ...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/12/tech/trump-electronics-china-tariffs/index.html

Personally, i think it's all the Trump Show.

Azor Apr 12 @ 7:59am

No intelligent bussiness man is going to build a factory in the US until they know whether tariffs are staying or not.

ZAP Apr 12 @ 8:02am

Google. Spend your time left finding out why, it's super serial.

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Tito Shivan Apr 12 @ 8:08am

Originally posted by Immortalis:
- Nvidia: On Thursday, the White House announced that chipmaker Nvidia would invest hundreds of billions of dollars over the next four years in U.S.-based manufacturing operations.

Meanwhile...
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5356480/nvidia-china-ai-h20-chips-trump