It was our gift to you. But apparently you despise her," French politician Raphaël Glucksmann said of the national monument

The Statute of Liberty was meant to be a monumental gesture of French-American friendship to mark the 100th anniversary of the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. One French politician now

Glucksmann suggested the U.S. isn't worthy of the Statue of Liberty, a monument that was a gift from France nearly 140 years ago.