For example, if Obama wasn't such a nothingburger as a business man he could have worked w/ the Saudis to prevent them from tanking the oil priced and saved thousands of American jobs.
But he had not the wit to do that and now its going to take years for that business to recover.
One could look at that particular situation in more than one way. If SA wants to give the world a gift, let it. The US oil is still in the ground when it’s needed, it’s not like it will evaporate.