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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Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and Indonesia's Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka during the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 22, 2025. (Getty Images)