Good Question

[Khandro]

Regulars will have noted that I am a (qualified) fan of Donald Trump, he who asked some interesting and salient questions; to my mind most of all was the one he asked in Poland in 2017.

"Does the West have the will to live?" Well, does it?

[andy-hughes]

Yes, but without Donald Trump anywhere near anything approaching a position of power.

[jno]

and this was the man who suggested Americans treat Covid wth bleach? How many of them died taking his various foolish words of advice?

[Gromit]

Is that the same Trump who wanted to leave NATO, presumably leaving Europe defenceless to the Russians?
The same Trump who wasn’t particularly bothered about Ukraine. Or Afghanistan - he gave it all back to the Taliban. Or Hong Kong and Taiwan.

[Hopkirk]

Is he still denying climate change after the unprecedented tornadoes last week?

[Gromit]

US foreign policy since the second world war has been a disaster.
Trump thought they shouldn’t have a foreign policy. Support Americans at home, not johnny foreigner in the ar*ehole of beyond.
So in four short years, Trump retreated from everywhere, on the basis of saving money.
Strangely the world is a better place for that. But America has given up a hell of a lot of influence.

[1ozzy]

Did you require a lobotomy to become a "qualified fan"?

[Mozz71]

I would suggest that yes, the west does have a will to live. That's why he's no longer in power.

[johnk]

Does the whole world have a will to live the way we're destroying the planet we live on?

[ichkeria]

"Strangely the world is a better place for that."

You should develop that throwaway remark. I don't see how it can be true.
The other comments are to the point.

[naomi24]

23.40. That isn’t true…. but I guess your lies are acceptable. How two-faced!

[ichkeria]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52407177.amp

[ichkeria]

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/24/coronavirus-cure-kills-man-after-trump-touts-chloroquine-phosphate

https://www.statnews.com/2020/06/05/cdc-misusing-bleach-try-kill-coronavirus/

[naomi24]

Not true. There was no suggestion. He asked a question.

[1ozzy]

Thank goodness Naomi has arrived on this thread, now everyone will be educated.

[naomi24]

What’s that all about, 1ozzy?

[1ozzy]

Like it or not!

[ichkeria]

""And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? "

So he is taking it as read that disinfectant would work: his only query appears to be the method(!)
He presumably then issued a hasty "don't try this at home folks" rebuttal, didn't he?
I'll get back to you with the link for that ;-)
The point being here is an individual hardly with his finger on the pulse, wherever else he may have it ...

[naomi24]

No answer, 1ozzy?

[davebro]

//"Does the West have the will to live?" //

It's a daft question (a la Trump). Neither interesting nor salient.

[naomi24]

//And is there a way we can do something like that...//

Ich, what don't you understand about that question? You take your assumptions as read because that's what you want to do.

No need for further links. I watched his discussion with the scientists.