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Ron Hart: Minnesota to be the newest asylum spot?

AP Photo by Yuki Iwamura / Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey walks past a Somali care center and mosque on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in Minneapolis.
AP Photo by Yuki Iwamura / Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey walks past a Somali care center and mosque on Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, in Minneapolis.

“Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.” — Miguel de Cervantes, “Don Quixote”

In another historic first of his presidency, Donald Trump attended the College Football Championship in Miami. Now he is the only president to have the Kennedy Center named after him as well as a major football stadium: the Orange Bowl.

Things in the world are in flux, with potentially good outcomes in the offing.

When contemplating his ouster, the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has wired billions to shadow banks in Dubai. He asked himself, “What would Muhammed do?” Theocracies work for the “charismatics” (preachers) who are in charge of it, and socialism works for those in charge of socialism (Maduro) — but not so much for those subject to their tyranny.

The “Supreme Leader” has been offered asylum in Minneapolis, where he plans to move and set up Somali child day care centers. He will like the twin cities: Minneapolis and Mogadishu.