On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses the President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meetings, the consequences of the president’s legislative achievement, where he stands on arming Ukraine, the Western Hemisphere’s bright fossil fuel future, and Gore Vidal vs. William F. Buckley.
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Cover: Edited version of US Air Force, US Navy, and US Marine Corps aircraft along with US Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base in Japan on May 6, 2025. (US Air Force)