In a bold move, a French politician has called for the return of the Statue of Liberty, claiming America no longer embodies its ideals. What sparked this demand?
A member of the French government requested the return of the Statue of Liberty, claiming America had lost its way and no longer represented what the statue was meant to symbolize.
Raphaël Glucksmann, a member of the political party the Place Publique, has been highly critical of President Donald Trump’s handling of Ukraine’s position within the war, along with Trump’s education department cuts.
“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,” Glucksmann said to the local French paper Le Monde.
“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 crowd cheered after his comments, as European leaders and citizens have taken a stand against Trump, especially after the Zelensky showdown in the White House.
Glucksmann also said the country will welcome anyone fired by the Trump administration’s federal job cuts.
“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,’” he said.
In the year after Russia launched outright war on Ukraine, NATO leaders approved a set of military plans designed to repel an invasion of Europe. It was the biggest shake-up of the alliance’s defense readiness preparations since the Cold War.
Source : https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/166510/french-lawmaker-demands-us-return
