Return of the Neocons | Robert Wright & Stephen Wertheim [The Wright Show]

00:05 Why are neoconservatives still influential (and influencing Trump) after the Iraq fiasco? 08:40 Democrats welcome anti-Trump neocons into the fold 18:33 Trump and the neocons find a common enemy in Iran 29:46 Who has Trump’s ear on foreign policy? 40:31 Did America ever really support a “rules-based international order”? 55:13 Why American exceptionalism is key to understanding the modern right Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Stephen Wertheim (Columbia University) Recorded January 16, 2019 Join the conversation on Bloggingheads.tv: http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/54652 Subscribe to the Bloggingheads.tv YouTube channel: https://goo.gl/ccLFDY Follow us on Twitter:   / bloggingheads   Like us on Facebook:   / bloggingheads   Subscribe to our podcast feeds: https://bloggingheads.tv/subscribe