On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses Donald Trump’s ban on foreign students at Harvard, the Supreme Court’s decision on the president’s authority to fire federal commissioners, the Senate’s vote against California’s electric vehicle mandate, and a report from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit.
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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)