On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses Joe Kent’s resignation, Trump’s frustration with NATO’s refusal to help in the Gulf, JD Vance’s show of support for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, and the state of the war in Iran.
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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)