KSEV Mornings · November 9, 2026 · Hour 1
President Trump’s weekend interview and a possible immigration deal, callers Mark and Brian on finishing the job in Iran, Dave Chappelle’s Charlie Kirk bit, and why the media will keep propping up James Talarico.
President Donald Trump sounded like a man ready to work with Democrats in his weekend interview, and Wayne Dolcefino said he thinks a deal on immigration is possible. In Monday’s first hour of KSEV Mornings, Wayne and Craig Coglianese also argued for finishing the job in Iran with callers Mark and Brian, reacted to Dave Chappelle’s viral bit about Charlie Kirk, and looked at why national Democrats will keep pushing Sen.-elect James Talarico.
Can Trump be a RINO?
Craig said Trump came across in the interview as someone extending an olive branch, including his comment that the immigration crackdown may have gone too far. Wayne went further. “I think there’s a chance of a deal,” he said, adding that it would “sound RINO-ish,” because “I just don’t believe you’re going to get rid of all these people.” Craig’s question back was the hour’s best: “Can Trump be a RINO? Trump created the RINO idea.”
Wayne, who covered George W. Bush as governor, said there is room to tell people who have worked here for years, paid taxes and broken no law other than crossing illegally that they can stay in some status, without making them citizens. Craig said people who go through the legal process spend thousands of dollars on paperwork and lawyers, and resent “a magic wand version of the wrong way.” He also said the midterms showed how much Latino voters care about parents and grandparents who have been here 15 or 20 years, and a guarded olive branch “might get you back in good graces.”
Finish it in Iran
Both hosts opened on Iran. Wayne said the U.S. is “playing directly into the Iranians’ hands” and blamed the country for not backing the president with troops in harm’s way. Craig said walking away and letting Iran run the Strait of Hormuz “doesn’t bring down gas prices,” and compared the push to leave to the Afghanistan exit. Wayne put himself in the camp of the hawks: “Once you made the decision to do this, you got to do it.” He said the mistake was listening to Vice President JD Vance and stopping the bombing after 11 days.
Caller Mark said Trump has a chance to finish the mission before Democrats take over in January. “Get it finished and let’s get the hell out of there,” he said. Wayne agreed and said Trump’s habit of setting a deadline and then not acting “sends the wrong message to Iran.” He would have kept bombing in April, and said he was fine with taking Kharg Island knowing there could be troop losses. Mark’s 2028 pick was Ted Cruz; Wayne said Secretary of State Marco Rubio is his number one.
Brian asks about mutually assured destruction
Brian called to ask whether Iran understands that firing a nuke means everybody dies. Craig said Iran expects leniency because it has worked so far, and pointed to people online now saying Iran deserves the right to defend itself. “We would nuke them to oblivion if they ever did that,” he said. Wayne said a country does not bury centrifuges under mountains for nothing, and warned that an Iranian bomb would send Saudi Arabia and Qatar after their own. “The Mob Guys are in the minority on this,” he said.
Dave Chappelle and Charlie Kirk
Craig said a viral clip shows Dave Chappelle on stage saying he is happy Charlie Kirk is dead, and called it “disgusting and ridiculous and awful and just, like, ghoulish.” He noted that in Chappelle’s last special the comedian seemed more empathetic and said Kirk did not deserve to be killed. Wayne said he likes Chappelle’s irreverence, “but I just didn’t get it at all.” Caller Mark had a simpler theory: Chappelle is “just trying to remain relevant.”
The Talarico hype machine
After Talarico’s appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” Craig predicted mainstream media will throw its weight behind him as a 2028 presidential candidate, because a Democrat who can win Texas looks like a tremendous sign to the party. He said Talarico on TV “doesn’t feel like the person that he was when he was in Austin.” Wayne said Talarico “comes off as a really nice guy,” and that part of the election was a rejection of tone and nastiness. “Republicans didn’t run on policy,” Wayne said. Craig compared Talarico to Barack Obama, who also came off as a nice guy, and noted Obama’s party lost big in the 2010 and 2014 midterms.
Huffines, Abbott and a cocky campaign
Wayne brought up Don Huffines breaking with state Republican officials, and Craig noted Trump called Gov. Greg Abbott a RINO. Wayne said he never heard Abbott make a case for why he deserved another term: “Sometimes you get kind of cocky, and I think Republicans in Texas got kind of cocky.” Craig said the arrogance went beyond politicians to voters who stayed home, and predicted many will regret it the first time Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa or Harris County does something they don’t like.
Kristallnacht and a protest in Philadelphia
Wayne marked the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Nazi attacks on Jewish homes and businesses on Nov. 9 and 10, 1938, and tied it to a weekend protest he described against six Jewish restaurants in Philadelphia. He called it “naked antisemitism.” Craig added that groups some young people now cheer also hate Americans, and called it “disgusting and horrific” that streamer Hasan Piker has said America deserved 9/11.
Also in this hour
- Wayne said a Fox poll he saw had corruption far ahead of immigration as an issue, and argued Republicans need an economic agenda on housing and affordability.
- Craig said Elon Musk’s spending showed “money alone doesn’t wield influence” in elections, and wondered how Hinojosa going after SpaceX would play out.
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