A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty. A member of the European Parliament and co-president of a small left-wing party, Raphaël Glucksmann's call for the return of the monument is not going to make it happen.

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,

A French member of the European parliament demanded the United States return the Statue of Liberty to France, arguing that America no longer upholds the values of the gift.

The parent company of Voice of America, U.S. Agency for Global Media, oversees all nonmilitary, international broadcasting.

Chinese state media are celebrating President Donald Trump’s move to gut Voice of America and other U.S. government-funded news outlets that push back against authoritarian regimes.