France, the US, and Emmanuel Macron

U.S President Donald Trump (L) and French President Emmanuel Macron walk out of the White House before participating in a tree-planting ceremony on the South Lawn April 23, 2018 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Historically, the United States and France have had a love-hate relationship.

One can argue that royalist France won the Revolutionary War for the United States with its contributions of money, combat troops, and a fleet that prevented evacuation of British troops at Yorktown.