Washington DC, March 17 -- The White House on Monday dismissed a French politician's call to return the Statue of Liberty, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stating, "It is only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now."

"Not, and my advice to that unnamed low-level French politician would be to remind them that it is only because of the United States of America that the French are not speaking German right now. They should be very grateful to our great country," Leavitt said.

Meanwhile, on the ongoing conflict between the White House and US judiciary over the deportation of Venezuelan gang members from Tren de Aragua to El Salvador by invoking the Aliens Enemies Act, Leavitt said, "W...