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‘Apparently you despise her’: White House responds after French politician demands the U.S. return the Statue of Liberty (wegotthiscovered.com)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

TLDR: The answer was "We saved you during WW2 so shut up".

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Also, every member of the GOP would have side with Nazi Germany if they were arrive back then.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

To which they hopefully replied: “And we saved you during your revolution so shut up yourself”.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

"You should be glad you're not speaking German" should've been met with "And you should be glad you're not speaking with a British accent."