Summary: Elliott Abrams narrowly missed out on the State Department’s No. 2 job under President Trump, and it wasn’t just because of his sharp criticism of Trump, the candidate. In his book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1108415628/?tag=slatmaga-20"><em>Realism and Democracy</em></a><em>,</em> he argues that the U.S. should stay involved in the Arab world, going against the Trump administration’s “America First” doctrine. Abrams also sounds off on Trump’s use of the presidential pardon. <br><br>In the Spiel, Mike weighs the <em>New York Times</em>’ coverage of your run-of-the-mill American Nazi.
