On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses the downfall of the Heritage Foundation, the fissures that spread through MAGA at Turning Point’s AmericaFest, the ongoing Venezuela crisis, how President Donald Trump’s foreign policy might be making the world better off, and why we should all aspire to be more like Ben Sasse, former senator of Nebraska, in 2026.
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155 shell bodies sit on a pallet at General Dynamics ready to be shipped on August 20, 2025, in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images)