A French politician has called on the US to give the Statue of Liberty back after suggesting that some Americans “have chosen to switch to the side of the tyrants.”

A French politician suggested the two countries no longer share the values that inspired the gift more than a century ago. The White House sharply rejected his request, which he described as symbolic.

The White House on Monday sharply rejected a tongue-in-cheek call from a French politician to return the Statue of Liberty to France. Why it matters: Raphaël Glucksmann, a French European Parliament member,