America’s National Association of Manufacturers gave Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, its prestigious Alexander Hamilton award this year. “Like no one in government has ever done, she has provided singular leadership and shown an unwavering commitment to manufacturing,” said the industry group, in what ought to have earned it the Order of Sycophancy.

This week, America’s self-named First Daughter urged America’s almost 30m unemployed to “find something new”. Learn another skill, Ms Trump advised. Look for a different job.

Four years after Donald Trump vowed to elevate the forgotten American, his daughter is interfering with the script. If there were an award for misunderstanding economics, Ms Trump should receive it. No one wants to hear they are to blame for being unemployed.