the French didn't "give" us the Statue of Liberty. It was built with $250,000 of funds raised privately in France and $300,000 of funds raised privately in the United States.
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TAPPER: Even if Qatar isn't asking for anything in return now for the jet, that's a bill that could come do. Nobody in the world just gives a $400m jet to be nice.
BESSENT: Well, I don't know Jake. The French gave us the Statue of Liberty.
BESSENT: Well, I don't know Jake. The French gave us the Statue of Liberty.
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This plane will only be used by Trump and will be his after he leaves the office.
Context is fucking EVERYTHING. Push it out there to counter every lie—explicit or, especially, by omission.
Why don't interviewers have 20 researchers helping with immediate fact-checking follow up?
https://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/statue_liberty/raising_funds.html
IIRC President Cleveland didn’t take the Statue home with him for his personal use once he left office.
He's still melting down, days later.
AI lies.
What moral stance do you think you're taking?
why
either you did and the LLM added nothing, or you aren't telling the truth. which is it?
https://bsky.app/profile/alixeharrow.bsky.social/post/3lo4no34df22y
If you don't know the difference, then we're done here.
(Doesn't help with the SEO problem, though.)
i’ve been given some helpful alternatives but i’m still curious.
or scroll past it.
it's harmful to *you*. it makes shit up. you cannot trust it.
This is the reason we are where we are.
People are simply allowed to say whatever lie suits their agenda and it's allowed to sit there and become sound-bites.
From that partnership with France, the Statue of Liberty stands proudly as an enduring and meaningful symbol for all of the world to take to heart and enjoy.
“I lift my lamp beside the golden door” - Emma Lazarus
Bessemer is turning out to be utterly debased
it isn't like Grover Cleveland got to live in the Statue of Liberty.
Let’s park that plane on a base that would never allow it to be flown and leave it open for tourists to visit and walk thru.How about asking Bessent that question.
It’s not the school, it’s the student.
It’s not the books, although reading comprehension is fundamental, it’s the person.
Libraries are wonderful.
If you actually go in, take out a book, and sit down to read and learn.
Must be great.
Real Tolstoy stuff…
They are giving it to Trump.
maybe the president is truly at a "l'état, c'est moi" point, but the rest of us sure as hell aren't.
Bessent. When any nearby, convenient lie will do.
https://screenrant.com/why-the-statue-of-libertys-hand-is-in-the-gilded-age-wheres-the-rest-of-it/
These monsters misrepresent everything.
Was the one in France cheaper?
Um,
Nevermind... Don't wanna be banned
The Statue of Liberty stands there for all Americans to share alike.
The gold-plated $400 million jet from Qatar is a personal gift to one guy to add to his personal collection.
He hurts my ears and my brain.