No france lost everything AFTER helping the US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War >>France's help was a major and decisive contribution towards the United States' eventual victory and independence in the war. However, as a cost of participation in the war, France accumulated over 1 billion livres in debt, which significantly strained the nation's finances. The French government's failure to control spending (in combination with other factors) led to unrest in the nation, which eventually culminated in a revolution a few years after the conflict between the US and Great Britain concluded. Relations between France and the United States thereafter deteriorated, leading to the Quasi-War in 1798. It's an undeniable historical fact And it's a constant when it comes to the US aka Zioland; Every single country aiding or allied with the US ends up completely screwed, cursed, one way or the other