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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A US infantryman releases a Neros Archer small unmanned aircraft system for a test flight at Fort Irwin in California on October 25, 2025. (US Army)