You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.

Oil is a tangible commodity, so there is a global market. The fact that we may need less may affect the global price because we're big consumers: we probably take about a quarter of global demand. But if suddenly, let's just use a crazy example, fighting in the Middle East led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and no oil could get out through the Strait of Hormuz, well that would affect China, India, Europe, it will affect the whole global economy. It will affect us, too, then.

Obviously China is clearly taking the lead in some areas, but when it comes to the most advanced innovation, it's still America.

Desktop freelancers and innovative startups all over the world

All one needs to do is just to go to any hospital in America and see the number of Pakistani or Indian or Lebanese, or Syrian, or Egyptian doctors, who are either first generation or themselves immigrants, to know, and I'm a big believer - brains are distributed evenly around the world. What aren't distributed evenly are opportunities, stable government, educational institutions, etc.

I have a daughter who is a sophomore in college and another who is in the 11th grade of high school.

Guantanamo Bay is the anti-Statue of Liberty.