Ted Cruz’s foreign policy adviser talks Syria, democracy, and art

Ted Cruz may have built his campaign on consistent conservatism, toeing his party’s line on social issues, taxes and Obamacare. But on foreign policy, he’s breaking with GOP orthodoxy in a big way.

It a philosophy that seems very much in keeping with Cruz’s current foreign policy prescriptions. As for his knowledge of art history? Coates chuckled. “He’s getting better.”