This new context conjures up the memory of the United States’ two most effective wartime presidents — Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. And, at the opposite end from the personal sacrifice shown by the Lincoln and Roosevelt families, Trump even ensured that the $2 trillion package passed by Congress included some tax breaks for his family’s real estate holdings. Even after years of war, Lincoln showed a relentless ability to focus on the main goal: He remained committed to a single nation, the United States of America.