Is obama making 7 new usa states?

Question

in his speech he said 57 states, i'm trying to find it on a map but can't find the 7 states, i'm a geography teacher and going to show my students where the 7 new states are at cause a student of mine told me obama said 57 states and i was on the internet and he did say 57 states so i gotta tell my students where they are, anybody know where they are at on the map

Answer 1

Teachers, especially geography teachers, need to know what's going on in the world. A quick internet search brings this article, which proves that Obama just mispoke in that speech.

Answer 2

Not only is his "numeracy" bad, he can't count either.

Answer 3

He was probably addressing the US Protectorates such as the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, America Samoa and such

Answer 4

Actually even more than that!

I was half listening to it when I heard he had been to 57 states with one left to go,  that was Alaska and Hawaii. (but isn't that 2?)

It is not often that a political speech gets me to roar with laughter.

Hopefully this would lead to more federal funding of 3rd grade geography and math.