The U.S. Not To Return the Statue of Liberty: Leavitt
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March 17, 2025 Hour: 2:45 pm
The United States no longer represents the values that led France to gift it the statue in 1884, said MEP Glucksmann.
On Monday, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt rejected the possibility of the United States returning the Statue of Liberty to the French people.
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Her remarks came after Raphaël Glucksmann, a French MEP, called on Washington to return the statue, which was gifted to Americans in the 1880s.
“Absolutely not,” Leavitt said when asked if the monument would be returned. “My advice to that unidentified low-level French politician would be to remind them that it’s only because of the United States of America that the French aren’t speaking German properly now. So they should be very grateful to our great country,” she added.
Previously, the MEP criticized the current situation in the United States under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, stating that the country no longer represents the values that led France to gift it the Statue of Liberty.
Designed by sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, the statue was presented by France as a gift to the United States on July 4, 1884, to commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence.
teleSUR/ JF Source: EFE
