🗽🚩 France vs. USA: A Statue of Liberty Feud? 🇫🇷🇺🇸

🗽 Statue of Liberty 101: A French gift to America in 1886 for the 100th anniversary of U.S. independence. 🎁🗽 Designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, funded by the French people. 👨🎨💰 Shipped in 350 pieces to NYC, now a global symbol of freedom. 🌍🗽 🔥 2025 Controversy: French MEP Raphael Glucksmann: "Give her back! America’s not free anymore!" 🏛️💔 Digs at U.S. immigration policies, "dictator" ties, and academic freedom. 🛂🤝🎓 💥 White House Clapback: Carolyn Levitt: "Without us, you’d be speaking German!" (WWII shade) 🗽🛡️ France furious: "Sacré bleu! That’s low!" 🇫🇷😡 📜 Legal Battle: France: "She’s a ‘values bridge’—come home!" 🌉🗽 USA: "1886 treaty + UNESCO = ours!" 📜🇺🇳 Plus, D-Day, Marshall Plan… "We saved Europe!" 🌍🛡️ 💸 Trade War: EU: 50% tariff on bourbon! 🥃💸 USA: 200% on Cognac! 🍾💥 😢 Fallout: Macron cancels U.S. trip. 🛫❌ NATO whispers of a "European army." 🌍🛡️ Statue visitors down 30%. "Freedom is dead" graffiti. 🎨💔 🌍 Global Reactions: Poland: "Without our cavalry, Vienna would be Turkish!" 🇵🇱🐎 India: "British Empire nostalgia… awkward." 🏛️😬 🗽 The Real Fight: Not about metal—about global power and history. 🌍💥 Le Monde: "Lady Liberty’s torch? Now it’s a funeral pyre for U.S. democracy." 🔥🗽 🏷️ #France #USA #StatueOfLiberty #FreedomFeud