Walter Russell Mead discusses academics’ whining about artificial intelligence, 200 years of United States failure in Haiti, the “great slackening” in American high schools, and why Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu both benefit from fighting each other in public on his podcast, What Really Matters.
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US President Donald Trump reacts after signing executive orders imposing tariffs on imported goods in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik via Getty Images)