Source: Washington Post
“The White House has dismissed a French politician’s symbolic call for the return of the Statue of Liberty — a gift from France some 140 years ago — on the grounds that the United States no longer represents the values embodied by the monument. President Donald Trump would ‘absolutely not’ return the statue, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday when asked about the comments from Raphael Glucksmann, a member of the European Parliament.” (03/18/25)