What if the USA decided to use another language as its *de facto* national language at it's founding? Would it affect the world's lingua franca?

https://sh.itjust.works/post/54187073

What if the USA decided to use another language as its *de facto* national language at it's founding? Would it affect the world's lingua franca? - sh.itjust.works

Say like they picked French or Spanish to use instead Because American Media has a lot of influence so I wonder what if English wasn’t chosen. Would there be people that would see French/Spanish as a desirable language to learn?

“de facto” literally means that it wasn’t decided.