I believe there is a solid connection between the idea of "squandered" and the advice of "Get on board. Do your business around the country. Fly and enjoy America's great destination spots. Get down to Disney World in Florida. Take your families and enjoy life, the way we want it to be enjoyed."
The focus to the citizens of the nation was "business as usual" with the emphasis on business. It was not a call to focus out attention and energy and resources on a war effort, but to maintain a (what was an unsustainable) economic trajectory. Since we hadn't yet run out of bigger fools, this worked for a while longer.
Yeah. He did squander our unity.
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