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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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)