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‘The French gave us the Statue of Liberty’: Trump officials sputter to defend $400m Qatar jet gift (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] 1024_Kibibytes@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Exactly! The French gave us (The American people) the statue of Liberty. They didn't give it to one specific person, even if the then-current president was the one who accepted it.