Comment from an earlier occupant of the White House

"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."

President John Adams, 1798

Some wisdom clearly passes the test of time.

GP

Note: Adams was the first President to live in the then unfinished Executive Mansion. Thomas Jefferson was the first President to begin his term there. The Executive Mansion was not officially called the "White House" until it was so declared by an executive order from Theodore Roosevelt.