On What Really Matters, Walter Russell Mead discusses Anthropic’s standoff with the Pentagon, whether munitions being used in Iran are really drawing down United States stockpiles in other theaters, the Central Intelligence Agency’s attempt to arm a Kurdish rebellion, the cards the ayatollahs still have left to play, and Trump’s war with the Tuckerverse.
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President Donald Trump delivers a speech about the economy at Rockland Community College Fieldhouse in Suffern, New York, on May 22, 2026. (Getty Images)