Answer:
He was hoping that they would pay him back in the long run
Step-by-step explanation:
King Louis XVI permitted secret aid to the American cause beginning in May 1776. The two most powerful men at court finally decided to make their support public in 1778 for opposing reasons. Ironically, France's King Louis XVI and his government had supported the American Revolution with financial aid and military support. France's involvement in the American Revolutionary War placed even more pressure on the national treasury, contributing to the fiscal crisis of the 1780s. His goals were to exhaust the English and to keep the Americans involved in their differences with England, providing a small amount of aid that would keep them engaged in the conflict without developing American resentment toward the French. The french regretted this decision later because King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette got beheaded. (America also didn't pay them back at all)