The White House on Monday rejected a call by a French member of the European parliament for the return of the Statue of Liberty, saying that France would be "speaking German" without US help in World War II.
"My advice to that unnamed, low level French politician would be to remind them that it's only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now, so they should be very grateful to our great country," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
"My advice to that unnamed, low level French politician would be to remind them that it's only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now, so they should be very grateful to our great country," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
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00:00It's only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now.
00:05There is now a member of the European Parliament from France
00:08who does not think the U.S. represents the values of the Statue of Liberty anymore.
00:12They want the Statue of Liberty back.
00:14So is President Trump going to send the Statue of Liberty back to France?
00:19Absolutely not.
00:21And my advice to that unnamed, low-level French politician would be
00:26to remind them that it's only because of the United States of America
00:30that the French are not speaking German right now.
00:33So they should be very grateful to our great country.