of his Cabinet, a senior official said Thursday.
“No one, of course, will come and steal the Statue of Liberty,” he wrote in X posts. “The statue is yours. But what it embodies belongs to everyone.”UNESCO, the United Nations’ cultural arm that has the statue on its list of World Heritage treasures, notes that the iconic monument is U.S. government property.
It was initially envisaged as a monumental gesture of French-American friendship to mark the 100th anniversary of the July 4, 1776,But a war that erupted in 1870 between France and German states led by Prussia diverted the energies of the monument’s designer, French sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi.The gift also took time to be funded, with
that the French would pay for the statue and Americans would cover the costs of its pedestal.Transported in 350 pieces from France, the statue was officially unveiled on Oct. 28, 1886.
No. French-U.S. relations would have to drop off a cliff before Glucksmann found support from French President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
For the moment, the French president is treading a fine line — trying to work with Trump and temper some of his policy shifts on the one hand, but also pushing back hard against some White House decisions, notably Trump’s tariff hikes.In the U.S., Eurovision will stream live on Peacock.
Viewers in participating countries can vote during the competition, and for about 40 minutes after, by phone, text message or the Eurovision app. Each viewer can vote up to 20 times, but not for their own nation’s entry.Voting is open all day Saturday for viewers in the U.S. and other nonparticipating countries, who can vote online at
or with the app. The combined “rest of the world” vote is given the weight of one individual country.Countries are awarded points based on both viewers’ votes and rankings from juries of music industry professionals. These are combined into a total score, and the country with the highest score wins.