What do you think 2016 will look like if Obama is elected?
I think my worry, as an immigrant, is 2016 may see the end of the American era. What I do mean by that is that in the last 70 years, it is has been a special time to be an American. America has truly had a privileged position in the world and that means, in a small way, when you travel abroad the American passport is better than everybody else's passport and the American dollar can be used when other currencies can't be. But in a broader way, it means America has really been calling the shots around the world. I was born in a little pocket in the outskirts of Bombay. I came to America excited about being at the center of things. I believe in the American Dream. I'd fight to keep that American era going. I think Obama sees it differently. To him, it's a bad thing that one country, the United States, gets to lord over the rest of the world. He thinks it would be good to have many powers in the world—Russia, Brazil, China, India, and America—all sharing power. He thinks it will be better if the standard of living between countries were leveled. American decline may be inevitable. But we never had a president who was a champion of decline.
Megan McCain Talks to "2016: Obama's America" Director Dinesh D'Souza (The Daily Beast, September 4, 2016
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