You betrayed us and tried to jew us in 1798. Look up the Quasi War. >"You changed your form of government so the debt we owe you is cancelled."
Friendship is over.
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The people of France was not the creditor. The Bourbon monarchy personally lent a part of its treasury (which the French monarch personally owns) to USA. Then the creditors disappeared or died during the revolution.
Sure you can disagree, but USA had enough of a technicality argument to get away with not paying its debt.