Despite familiar refrains of xenophobia. Kansas has shown a welcoming spirit. We can do it again.

Despite familiar refrains of xenophobia. Kansas has shown a welcoming spirit. We can do it again.

President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the Diplomatic Room of the White House on Dec. 17, 2025. (Photo by Doug Mills - Pool/Getty Images)America’s xenophobia and racism are again manifesting. On Dec. 2, the current president of the United States engaged in a racist tirade during a cabinet meeting, denigrating Somali immigrants as “garbage,” asserting that the nation of Somalia “stinks,” and declaring that America was “going the wrong w…