CityPop to World News@quokk.au · 1 day ago‘Apparently you despise her’: White House responds after French politician demands the U.S. return the Statue of Libertywegotthiscovered.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down14
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-link‘Apparently you despise her’: White House responds after French politician demands the U.S. return the Statue of Libertywegotthiscovered.comCityPop to World News@quokk.au · 1 day agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squareLemmist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day agoTLDR: The answer was “We saved you during WW2 so shut up”.
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 day 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-up9·edit-222 hours agoAlso, every member of the GOP would have side with Nazi Germany if they were arrive back then.
minus-squareQuokka@quokk.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 day 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”.