On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses how artificial intelligence is splitting the MAGA coalition, Xi Jinping’s phone call with President Donald Trump, why young conservative women are having more children than their liberal peers, and the White House’s Ukraine peace plan.
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President Donald Trump delivers a speech about the economy at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22, 2026. (Getty Images)