"Why the United States Was Never France’s Friend" Topic
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| Tango01 | 10 Nov 2026 12:39 p.m. PST |
"On September 19, 1791, Louis XVI addressed the United States as his "very dear, great friends and allies." Five days earlier, he had sworn to uphold the new French Constitution. Three months earlier, his flight to Varennes exposed the fracture between the king and the Revolution. But his letter, countersigned by foreign minister Armand Marc de Montmorin, announced his acceptance of the constitutional settlement and renewed the language of "sincere friendship" with the United States. The formula belonged to well-oiled diplomatic protocol, yet its timing gave it unusual weight: a weakened monarchy was emphatically reminding a distant republic of its friendship: "We take this occasion to renew to you assurances of the sincere friendship we bear you."…" link
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paints brigs for the British fleet.