On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses Xi Jinping’s purge of the People’s Liberation Army, the ongoing showdown between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Minneapolis, the death toll in Iran, and how the tech-MAGA alliance could outlast President Donald Trump.
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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)