When a country that the United States liberated from Saddam Hussein’s grip starts cozying up to our biggest adversary, it’s time to draw a line.

On Thursday, the Senate will consider Amer Ghalib, President Donald Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Kuwait. Lawmakers should use that hearing to ask one straightforward question: Whose side is Kuwait on — America’s or China’s?

Just days ago, Kuwait’s prime minister, Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, chaired a high-level meeting focused on implementing a slew of new agreements with the People’s Republic of China. As described by a recent news report, he praised Beijing as a “valuable commercial, economic, and investment partner,” boasting of exponentially growing trade between the two nations.