[Politics] Should the United States give back the Statue of Liberty?

[PeterT]

Maybe the French could return some paintings and statues to Italy.

And Corsica, Nice ….

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

No, would ruin Vegas

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I saw her prezzer yesterday and was simply astonised how a White House Spokesperson could spout such drivel.

Fortunately the journo who questioned her proceeded to completely tear her apart, reminding her that if it wasn't for France, Independence wouldn't have happened and Americans would still be singing God Save The King.

They have just changed the rules on who can attend white house briefings. Previously The White House Correspondents’ Association coordinated access so that everyone got a fair go. Now Trump and his aides will decide who can attend (and on Airforce 1). Can't imagine who will get preferential treatment now!

 

[dejavuatbtn]

this is just the hand and torch being made. It’s gonna take a lot of resource to dissemble it. Oh, hasn't he just fired a load of people. Well, they’ll be ripe for retraining.

 

[jackanada]

Statue of Liberty was a silly name.
They should have called it the "Statue of helping dick Britain for lols" to reflect the real reason for french support.

 

[Brovion]

Ironic that they seem to think that "If it wasn't for America the French would all be speaking German". If it wasn't for the French there wouldn't even be a United States, certainly not the one we know now. What next? Rename Lafayette Square to Trump Square?

French ‘should be grateful to US they don’t speak German’, says Karoline Leavitt

White House press secretary's remarks come in the wake of French politician Raphaël Glucksmann teasing that the U.S. should return the iconic New York-based landmark

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

I saw her prezzer yesterday and was simply astonised how a White House Spokesperson could spout such drivel.

Fortunately the journo who questioned her proceeded to completely tear her apart, reminding her that if it wasn't for France, Independence wouldn't have happened and Americans would still be singing God Save The King.

That has just made my morning

 

[Hamilton]

And Egypt, and Greece etc etc

However, I like the point this MEP is making.

And the reply from the White House Spokesperson? As explained by Fox, "Karoline Leavitt [that towering intellect and historian] reminded Raphaël Glucksmann, a member of the European Parliament and co-president of a small left-wing party in France, that he would be speaking German if it weren't for American troops".

I added the square brackets. If you haven't seen Karoline's astonishing beauty pageant reply about Americans and geography, it's worth a look:

When my step daughter was travelling in Mexico she met a yankee girl so insular that she was genuinely surprised to find that in England we spoke English as well. She thought it was Londonese we spoke.

That said, I’ve jumped to some stupid conclusions in the past and we have our own fair share of village idiots.

 

[rippleman]

There is a marvellous piece of grafitti in Bond Street of the Statue of Liberty crying.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

I saw her prezzer yesterday and was simply astonised how a White House Spokesperson could spout such drivel.

Fortunately the journo who questioned her proceeded to completely tear her apart, reminding her that if it wasn't for France, Independence wouldn't have happened and Americans would still be singing God Save The King.

you, see, I so desperately want that second part to be true that I almost believe it. But its not, is it

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

When my step daughter was travelling in Mexico she met a yankee girl so insular that she was genuinely surprised to find that in England we spoke English as well. She thought it was Londonese we spoke.

That said, I’ve jumped to some stupid conclusions in the past and we have our own fair share of village idiots.

But they don't all become white house Spokesperson

 

[Han Solo]

Too tall

 

[vegster]

Yes

 

[Giraffe]

They gave it to them so why would they take it back? Very odd.

 

[dsr-burnley]

Of course, if France hadn't stuck its oar in to help the USA win independence from Britain, then slavery would perhaps have been abolished in the USA and the civil war might never have happened. Good one, France.