France Demands Statue Of Liberty Back

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France should take back the Statue of Liberty because the US no longer represents the values that led France to offer the statue, a French Euro-deputy said Sunday.

"Give us back the Statue of Liberty", centre-left politician Raphael Glucksmann said at a convention of his Place Publique centre-left movement.

"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 told cheering supporters.

"'We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home,'" he added.

The Statue of Liberty was unveiled in New York City's harbour on October 28, 1886 for the centennial of the American Declaration of Independence as a gift from the French people to America. It was designed by Frenchman Auguste Bartholdi.

Paris does have a far smaller copy of the statue on a small island on the Seine in Paris.Glucksmann, a staunch defender of Ukraine, has strongly criticised President Donald Trump's radical change of US policy on the war.

He also took aim at Trump's cuts to US research institutions, which has already prompted a French government initiative to attract some of them to work in France

"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,'" continued Glucksmann.

Since Trump returned to the White House in January, his government has cut federal research funding and sought to dismiss hundreds of federal workers working on health and climate research.

Glucksmann also criticised far-right leaders in France, accusing them of being a "fan club" for Trump and billionaire Elon Musk, who is spearheading the president's efforts to cut spending.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

French MEP demands the US 'give us back the Statue of Liberty'

A French member of the European parliament has called for the US to return the Statue of Liberty originally gifted by the French people to mark the centennial of American independence because the US…

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[mk23666]

At the moment, Republicans would just replace it with a gold statue of Trump ... and once Democrats got back in power they would act like there is nothing they can do to take it down.

But on the real, I'm sure Republicans will rename an international airport in New York or in Florida after Trump, right before they lose power like they did when renaming the airport in DC after Reagan.

 

[34real]

I watched a video that says that the statue of liberty has chains attached at the bottom and that it's hidden.

imma have to visit it

 

[Non-StopJFK2TAB]

I watched a video that says that the statue of liberty has chains attached at the bottom and that it's hidden.

imma have to visit it

The Statue is of a black woman.

The issue is when is France going to give Haiti back all the money it has taken from it?

 

[DaMostHy]

Tell France that for all the terrorism they rained down on indigenous people and continued extortion in the form of neocolonialism. France needs to go fuck themselves and get the fuck out of Africa and the Americas. FUCK FRANCE!

 

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[850credit]

Would be hilarious if they dismantled it and sent it back!

But they'd either make France come get it or send them the bill!

 

[neptunes007]

The issue is when is France going to give Haiti back all the money it has taken from it?

 

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[cashwhisperer]

The Statue is of a black woman.

The issue is when is France going to give Haiti back all the money it has taken from it?

 

[theart0f69]

I watched a video that says that the statue of liberty has chains attached at the bottom and that it's hidden.

imma have to visit it

That is true.

 

[yardy]

We are heading into the matrix

 

[dasmybikepunk]

I'm not in any way in agreement with Trump or anything he's done is doing or is going to do but whoever advised him to say that if it was not for the United States France would be speaking German is cruel and ridiculous but if not for the US involvement world war II might have gone very different. With that point made I wish France would just continue to take the high road and do what they're doing in protest but not make a side show with the Statue of Liberty in my opinion it's a little silly, although I agree right through this tenure of leadership America is definitely not honoring the beauty and promise of that statue, but as crazy as our current leadership is Trump might order the army corps of engineers to dismantle it, and outlaw french fries even though France did not invent French fries they were invented in the Midwest of the United States. Just saying.... and I can't believe I'm wasting brain power to do so.

jmo

 

[Moving Target]

I watched a video that says that the statue of liberty has chains attached at the bottom and that it's hidden.

imma have to visit it

IT DOES HAVE HIDDEN CHAINS AT THE BOTTOM.

The Statue is of a black woman.

The issue is when is France going to give Haiti back all the money it has taken from it?

THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY.....THE ORIGINAL STATUE OF LIBERTY IN FRANCE AND FROM FRANCE IS A STATUE OF A BLACK WOMAN (NO DOUBT) BUT THE SOCALLED STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NY HARBOR IS THAT OF APOLLION. There is a whole story about the statues true representation after apollion but widely publicized as it modeled after the black womans statue in france....

I'm not in any way in agreement with Trump or anything he's done is doing or is going to do but whoever advised him to say that if it was not for the United States France would be speaking German is cruel and ridiculous but if not for the US involvement world war II might have gone very different. With that point made I wish France would just continue to take the high road and do what they're doing in protest but not make a side show with the Statue of Liberty in my opinion it's a little silly, although I agree right through this tenure of leadership America is definitely not honoring the beauty and promise of that statue, but as crazy as our current leadership is Trump might order the army corps of engineers to dismantle it, and outlaw french fries even though France did not invent French fries they were invented in the Midwest of the United States. Just saying.... and I can't believe I'm wasting brain power to do so.

jmo

Tell France......MOLON LABE....come and take it. Thats Americas statue now punk!

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