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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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)