Funnily enough, the conclusion of this LeMonde analysis of the US economy - "if Trump had simply sat in the Oval Office and reaped the benefits of the Biden administration years, the country would be much better off today" - parallels an analysis of Trump's pre-politics business career I read years ago: if Trump had simply sat on the family wealth he inherited he would have made more money than he did by actually trying to do something. https://archive.is/20261016202754/https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2026/10/16/the-us-is-not-doing-so-badly-despite-trump_6758681_23.html#selection-3725.18-3725.162