I backpacked Australia in 1986... I was asked, very straightforwardly, by a woman I met,"Why does Ronald Reagan want to destroy the world with nuclear weapons?

I backpacked Australia in 1986... I was asked, very straightforwardly, by a woman I met,"Why does Ronald Reagan want to destroy the world with nuclear weapons?"...I replied that I doubted very much that he did... The U.S. has certainly received scrutiny abroad...