Once upon a time, the French were the most enthusiastic aspirational Americans. Inspired by the revolution of 1776 as well as the victory of the Franco-American alliance over the British in the 1781 battle of Yorktown, French polemicists, patriots, philosophers and plebs waxed idealistic about migrating to the brand new nation to share in its promise — la félicité publique of the Enlightenment tra
Intelligence Bloomberg Jul 3, 2026