On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses President Donald Trump’s plans for Gaza, buying out the Central Intelligence Agency bureaucracy, the problems of the NGO complex, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) controversy.

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A robot from AgiBot is seen during the Global Developer Conference, organized by the Shanghai AI Industry Association, in Shanghai on February 21, 2025. (Hector Retamal via Getty Images)