On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses Elon Musk’s departure from Washington, America’s nonexistent shipbuilding capacity, plans to revoke visas from Chinese students, and the conspicuous absence of Joe Biden’s foreign policy team from the new book on the "coverup" of his condition.
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A man walks near the headquarters of the Russian Central Bank in Moscow on February 13, 2026. (Getty Images)