On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses President Donald Trump’s expanding military operations against Venezuelan drug traffickers, his new sanctions on Russia, China’s nuclear power build-up, and Japan’s new prime minister.
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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)