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The second thing we’re going to say to the Americans is: ‘If you want to fire all the people who — through their freedom and their sense of innovation, their taste for doubt and research — have made your country the world’s leading power, then we’re going to welcome them.”
Give us back the Statue of Liberty,
he said, ... according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP). You must have heard the important statement that President Putin made yesterday. He said in response to questions from reporters that he backed Trump's position on the settlement. This is why, even though there is still a lot to be done, the president sided with Mr. Trump's stance."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday, per Russian news agency Tass After the talks in Jeddah and the American proposal for a ceasefire on the frontline, Russia stole almost another week – a week of war that only Russia wants."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in part on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday I am pleased to inform you that General Keith Kellogg has been appointed Special Envoy to Ukraine. General Kellogg, a Highly Respected Military Expert, will deal directly with President Zelenskyy, and Ukrainian leadership. He knows them well, and they have a very good working relationship together. Congratulations to General Kellogg!"
President Donald Trump on Saturday posted on Truth Social We will do everything to further intensify diplomacy. We will do everything to make diplomacy effective. But every day now is about defending our independence, our state, and our people. We must remember – it is the support of our army, all our defense and security forces, and our state that determines everything."
We’re going to say to the Americans who have chosen to side with the tyrants, to the Americans who fired researchers for demanding scientific freedom: ‘Give us back the Statue of Liberty.’
With his own tongue in cheek, a grinning Glucksmann told a party convention We gave it to you as a gift, but apparently you despise it. So it will be just fine here at home,
Glucksmann added, according to local media Give me your tired, your poor. Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
A plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty famously bears the inscription