How intense could a laser pointer be with a magnifying glass?

Question

Similar to burning leaves using the sun

Answer 1

Less intense than without the magnifying glass.

You can burn things with the sun and a magnifying glass because you are focusing the sun's output to a very small area. A laser is point focused. You can't increase the power with optics. Any extra mediums the laser would pass through would actually reduce the final power.

Answer 2

magnifying glass 'spreads out' the energy...so energy per unit space would actually be less