Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“The Trump administration will not entertain a French politician’s request to return the Statue of Liberty to France,” Politico reports.
Said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt: “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. They should be grateful.”
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