This week, Walter Russell Mead and Jeremy Stern discuss pro-Hamas mobs in DC and New York, France’s snap elections, Thursday’s Supreme Court decisions, and what Walter saw and heard on the front lines in Ukraine on What Really Matters.

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President Donald Trump shakes hands with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen as he announces a trade deal with the EU at Trump Turnberry golf club on July 27, 2025, in Turnberry, Scotland. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)