On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses President Donald Trump’s plans for Gaza, buying out the Central Intelligence Agency bureaucracy, the problems of the NGO complex, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) controversy.
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US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Minister of Defense Shinjiro Koizumi inspect a guard of honor on October 29, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. (Getty Images)