“Return the Statue of Liberty to us,” the politician Raphael Glucksmann said at a Place Publique Party Conference on March 16.
“We give it to you as a gift, but it is clear that you don’t like it. Therefore, the statue will be okay to return home,” he added.
Statue of Liberty in New York City (USA)
Currently, US officials have not responded to the statement of Mr. Raphael Glucksmann.
The Statue of Liberty was inaugurated at the harbor of New York City on October 28, 1886, a gift from the French people to the beauty of the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States.
The 46 m high statue, the head of the crown has 7 spines, holds the independent US independent stone slabs with Roman digits and broken chains are on the left leg. The statue is designed by French architect Auguste Bartholdi.
According to AFP, Glucksmann’s comment may be related to the decision of US President Donald Trump’s administration on suspending aid to Ukraine. Glucksmann has an viewpoint to support Ukraine and have strongly criticized President Trump when the US recently changed the policy related to the Russian -Ukrainian conflict.
In addition, Mr. Glucksmann criticized President Trump for cutting down personnel research institutes in the US, and added that France was willing to welcome them to work. After taking office in January, Mr. Trump cut the budget for research activities, considering firing hundreds of federal civil servants in charge of health and climate research.
