It was 6:30 a.m. Children were waking up for school. A rocket attack, then a strange smell. Dozens collapsed, convulsing and foaming at the mouth before choking to death, including a pair of infant twins.
The Khan Shaykhun chemical attack shocked the world and jolted the U.S. into action. In 2017, then-President Trump immediately ordered retaliatory airstrikes against the perpetrator: Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Tulsi Gabbard, who is now Trump's just-announced pick for director of national intelligence, had been in Damascus only weeks before the attack, on a secret visit with Assad. Later, she would say he was "not the enemy of the United States."
Several of Trump’s Cabinet choices this week have generated significant controversy, including accusations of inexperience lobbed against Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth and uproar among Trump’s own party following the nomination of scandal-ridden Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general. However, Senate Republicans shouldn’t be distracted: Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination is by far the most dangerous Cabinet pick for........