The French politician asks President Trump to return the statue of Liberty

A French member of the European Parliament asked the United States to return the Statue of Liberty to France, and argued that America no longer maintained the values ​​that led to France to give the statue more than a century ago.

The member of the European Parliament Raphaël Glucksmann announced on Sunday that his country, France, should take back the historical statue according to President Donald Trump’s recent decisions after the Russia Ukraine War to France24.

As a member of the socialist and democrats Group, Glucksmann criticized Trump’s decisions about the war and aimed at the dismissal of federal workers through his government and the cuts in research institutions.

“We will tell the Americans who have decided with the tyrants to the Americans who have released researchers because they asked for scientific freedom:” Give us back the statue of Liberty, “said Glucksmann at a convention.” We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despite it. So it will be okay here at home. “

In addition, Glucksmann said that according to France24 France would welcome those whose research was reduced.

“The second thing we will say to the Americans is:” If you want to dismiss your best researchers if you want to dismiss all people who have made their country a leading power of the world through their freedom and their feeling of innovation, their taste and research, then we will welcome them, “he said.

The statue of freedom presented in the port of New York in 1886 was a gift from France in the United States. The copper statue of a crowned woman who wears Roben was regarded as a symbol of freedom and the greeting of immigration to America. An inscription in the statue is: “Give me tired, your arms. Your crowded masses that long for breathing freely. “

Glucksmann is a supporter of Ukraine and, according to France24 Trump’s changes in the US guidelines in connection with the war. Ukraine has been in war with Russia for more than three years after Russia entered Ukraine in February 2022.

According to Politico, Glucksmann’s comments were probably responding to the decision of the United States to suspend the help of Ukraine.

The relationship between the United States and Ukraine was tense in the past two months after Trump and Vice President JD Vance had insulted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February in February because he was “disrespectful”.

Days after the blow, the Trump administration held the help in Ukraine and stopped the secret service with the country. On March 11, the Trump government increased its help and the secret service in Ukraine after the country was open to Russia for a 30-day ceasefire.

According to the Washington Post, a call between Trump and the Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined in terms of an armistice for Tuesday.