Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’ Now, 140 years after the famous green lady was given to America from France, a lawmaker has suggested it’s time the US gives it back.

French member of the European Parliament Raphaël Glucksmann said the US should give back the Statue of Liberty for '(choosing) the side of tyrants.'

The Trump administration will not entertain a French politician’s request to return the Statue of Liberty to France. “Absolutely not. My advice to that unnamed low-level French politician would be to remind them that it’s only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now,