On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead examines the breakdown of President Donald Trump’s Iran memorandum of understanding, the president’s newfound admiration for Ukraine, whether Americans are becoming postliterate, and why we are not a “creedal” people.
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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)