Just because French politician says he wants the Statue of Liberty to be returned to France does not mean it is going to happen.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made it clear Monday the landmark is staying right where it is, Mediaite reported.
Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Leavitt if the Statue of Liberty was France bound after French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann demanded its return Sunday.
“There is now a member of the European Parliament from France who does not think the U.S. represents the values of the Statue of Liberty anymore,” Doocy said.
“They want the Statue of Liberty back. So, is President Trump going to send the Statue of Liberty back to France?” the reporter asked.
“Absolutely not…it’s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now. So, they should be very grateful, to our great country,” she said.
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Politico reported Glucksmann said America no longer aligns with the principles on which it was founded since President Donald Trump took office again.
The demand follows the negative response the European Union had to President Donald Trump‘s handling of the war between Russia and Ukraine, per IJR. Glucksmann is a supporter of Ukraine.
Leavitt went back in history and referenced the U.S. intervention during World War I and World War II when France was occupied by Germans and eventually freed by American troops.
Glucksman spoke to reporters about his feelings on the matter.
“We’re going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: ‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty,’” he said.
“We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home,” Glucksmann said.
“The second thing we’re going to say to the Americans is: ‘If you want to fire your best researchers, if you want to fire all the people who, through their freedom and their sense of innovation, their taste for doubt and research, have made your country the world’s leading power, then we’re going to welcome them,’” Glucksmann said.
France gave the Statue of Liberty to the U.S. as a gift in 1886. The French helped the U.S. defeat the British during the American Revolution.
