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French MEP says US should give back Statue of Liberty (www.lemonde.fr)

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[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you; people keep getting excited whenever France makes moves towards forms of leadership these days but I can't help but suspect that Macron doesn't want to eradicate the global hegemony America had held through recent history but put France in its place.

Demanding back a gift given in celebration of America's abolition of slavery solely on the basis that France was the one to gift it (i.e. ownership) is too on-the-nose, even if you tried.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

You don’t need to suspect. He’s confirmed it plenty of times. He will shut the country down before allowing the left to seize power.