{"id":2413584,"date":"2025-03-17T20:13:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T00:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-slams-frenchman-suggesting-return-of-statue-of-liberty-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T20:13:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T00:13:55","slug":"leavitt-slams-frenchman-suggesting-return-of-statue-of-liberty-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leavitt-slams-frenchman-suggesting-return-of-statue-of-liberty-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Leavitt slams Frenchman suggesting return of Statue of Liberty &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleavitt-slams-frenchman-suggesting-return-of-statue-of-liberty-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413584&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Leavitt slams &lsquo;low-level&rsquo; French politician suggesting the return of Statue of Liberty: &lsquo;You&rsquo;d be speaking German&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2042249\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Karoline Leavitt\">Karoline Leavitt<\/a> chastised a low-ranking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"French\">French<\/a> politician who made headlines for demanding that the United States return the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/statue-of-liberty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Statue of Liberty\">Statue of Liberty<\/a>, noting that it symbolizes America&rsquo;s historical contributions to global peace.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Give us back the Statue of Liberty,&rdquo; Rapha&euml;l Glucksmann, a socialist and member of France&rsquo;s left-wing Place Publique party in France, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3349519\/french-politician-demands-us-return-statue-of-liberty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;We&rsquo;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: &lsquo;Give us back the Statue of Liberty.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3349702\/us-withdraw-group-investigating-russian-responsibility-ukraine-war\/\">US to withdraw from body investigating Russian responsibility for Ukraine war<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3349496\/trump-putin-call-expected-this-week-witkoff-says\/\">Trump-Putin call expected this week, Steve Witkoff says<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3348739\/britain-europe-right-wing-trend-farage-reform-uk-party\/\">Britain inches closer to embracing Europe&#8217;s right-wing trend with Farage&#8217;s Reform UK<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it,&rdquo; Glucksmann added. &ldquo;So it will be just fine here at home.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Statue of Liberty was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statueoflibertytickets.com\/Statue-Of-Liberty\/?show=facts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dedicated<\/a> to the U.S. by France on Oct. 28, 1886. Sculpted from copper and steel by Fr&eacute;d&eacute;ric Auguste Bartholdi, it is more than 305 feet tall and weighs 225 tons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pdoocy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@pdoocy<\/a>: &#8220;Is President Trump going to send the Statue of Liberty back to France?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a>: &#8220;Absolutely not&hellip;it&#8217;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.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rQHFyTP7iK\">pic.twitter.com\/rQHFyTP7iK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1901688362378957273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy asked Leavitt during the White House press briefing on Monday if President Donald Trump would ever give back the Statue of Liberty to France.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3349519\/french-politician-demands-us-return-statue-of-liberty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"FRENCH POLITICIAN DEMANDS US RETURN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY\"><strong>FRENCH POLITICIAN DEMANDS US RETURN THE STATUE OF LIBERTY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Absolutely not,&rdquo; Leavitt responded. &ldquo;And, my advice to that unnamed, low-level French politician would be to remind them that it&rsquo;s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So they should be very grateful to our great country,&rdquo; she continued, referencing the U.S. troops who liberated France from Nazi Germany in World War II.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2042249\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2042249\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leavitt slams \u2018low-level\u2019 French politician suggesting the return of Statue of Liberty: \u2018You\u2019d be speaking German\u2019 White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt chastised a low-ranking French politician who made headlines for demanding that the United States return the Statue of Liberty, noting that it symbolizes America\u2019s historical contributions to global peace. \u201cGive us back the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2413585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Statue-of-Liberty.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2413584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Statue-of-Liberty.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2413584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2413584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2413585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2413584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2413584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2413584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}