In early July, President Joe Biden nominated Elliott Abrams to chair the bipartisan U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, a public relations post whose goal is to shape international perceptions about the United States? If anyone has shaped international perceptions about the US, to the detriment of the US, it is Elliott Abrams! Abrams was assistant secretary of state under Ronald Reagan, and was deeply involved in the Reagan administration’s Iran-Contra affair. In August of 2020, then President Donald Trump appointed Abrams as special envoy to Iran.

Source: The Guardian October 26, 2023 14:43 UTC