The Swedes opted for a less rigorous regulatory regime than their Nordic neighbors in the hope that earlier herd immunity and less economic damage were an acceptable trade-off for more short term deaths. To date, you would have to say that it isn’t working. But hey, at least it was a plan, and you won’t really be able to judge it until we have a vaccine.
If you try to ascertain the contents of Trump’s “plan” by its results, it would be a similar trade-off. In reality, there is no plan; he simply grabbed the marshmallow before the fifteen minutes expired, because he’s incapable to sticking to anything for more than a few days. As a result, we have the worst of all possible worlds: a much higher death rate than the Europeans, with no end in sight; plus significantly diminished economic activity due to a lack of consumer confidence.
So now what? The new GOP “plan” seems to be to coerce a higher level of economic activity by depriving workers of their additional unemployment benefits and forcing them to return to work. Good luck with that; it certainly won’t build the level of confidence in the public health system that is really needed to improve the economy.