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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Black smoke rises from the area of Gazprom Neft’s Moscow oil refinery on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026. (Getty Images)