The collapse in oil prices has left many US oil and gas producers teetering on financial ruin, moving federal and state policymakers to take actions aimed at blunting the impact of ongoing and unprecedented supply and demand shocks. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now But some of these efforts, particularly a plan to buy millions of barrels of crude for US government stocks, have failed early or have yet to materialize. And, notably, President Donald Trump has given no indication he is pushing for any substantial aid for an oil “It will get better than ever as soon as our Country starts up again,” Trump tweeted Thursday in a message to the oil and gas industry. […]