CityPop@lemmy.today to World News@quokk.au · 14 hours ago‘Apparently you despise her’: White House responds after French politician demands the U.S. return the Statue of Libertywegotthiscovered.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down14
arrow-up149arrow-down1external-link‘Apparently you despise her’: White House responds after French politician demands the U.S. return the Statue of Libertywegotthiscovered.comCityPop@lemmy.today to World News@quokk.au · 14 hours agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareLemmist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·14 hours agoTLDR: The answer was “We saved you during WW2 so shut up”.
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up17·12 hours agoClassic American answer. We should probably remind them that they’re not part of the British crown thanks to us. And the Soviets had a bigger role than them in freeing Europe from the Nazis.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-210 hours agoAlso, every member of the GOP would have side with Nazi Germany if they were arrive back then.
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up13·13 hours agoTo which they hopefully replied: “And we saved you during your revolution so shut up yourself”.
TLDR: The answer was “We saved you during WW2 so shut up”.
Classic American answer. We should probably remind them that they’re not part of the British crown thanks to us. And the Soviets had a bigger role than them in freeing Europe from the Nazis.
Also, every member of the GOP would have side with Nazi Germany if they were arrive back then.
To which they hopefully replied: “And we saved you during your revolution so shut up yourself”.