really happy to have you here. So the president of the United States is off to China tomorrow.

What do you think the odds are that while he's there, he's going to blurt out something to the

Chinese about how he doesn't really mind if they invade Taiwan. Quote, U.S. allies are particularly

worried that Trump, who is known for his sweeping off-the-cuff statements,

might end up disavowing U.S. support for Taiwan, perhaps even inadvertently,

according to conversations with five diplomats from Asian and European countries.

Not only are they worried about what he might do on purpose,

they're worried about what he might do on purpose, they're worried about what he might, oops, seed on the international stage.

What do you think the odds are?

He blurts out something wrong, whether or not he means it, and oops, broke Taiwan.

What are the odds?

18 patients from that hentaavirus-stricken cruise ship have been brought back to the

United States now. What do you think the odds are that the Trump administration will contend

with that risk in ways that are sane and organized and even vaguely scientific.

This is the Trump administration that fired thousands of scientists from the CDC,

scientists in particular who work on infectious diseases and all sorts of global health concerns.

Also, they fired the people who worked specifically on the issue of viruses spreading on cruise ships.

Yeah, what do we need those folks for? Get rid of them. It would usually be the CDC that would be the lead agency in the whole world on a crisis like this. But under Donald Trump, there's not

even a CDC director right now. Right now, they've got the CDC being run as a part-time job

by the guy who is also part-time running the NIH. That is a guy who is most famous for his role

in a declaration that said, let's try to maximize the number of Americans who get infected with

COVID-19, because sure, COVID will go on to kill

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