Brian Kilmeade explains why Democrats will make a deal with Trump — and what under-the-radar Republicans could run in

I'm concerned about when he leaves, everything's executive orders, which means they'll put a pile, you know, Donald Trump's pile is on the right, in comes the pile on the left, and they undo everything, we're all going to get whiplash. And it's not good for anybody, right? So the Biden, I can see the Biden-Harris t-shirts, they're still in mothballs, they'll be back out and they'll be walking towards the border and they're going to be allowed to be in. So I really do think the president's under pressure to, for me personally, to do a deal. And this is what I hope for. You tell me if you think I'm naive. I think the Democrats don't wanna deal with the border anymore. They know it's a loser for them. American people have spoken. So for whatever reason, I think they're gonna tell the president, you got the border, we're gonna need something for people here. So the dreamers, you might even have bipartisan support for. The president's like, yeah, I have no problem with the dreamers. Who haven't committed a crime, they can stay. And then they might be extended work visas for people here 15 years or more with a sponsor. You know, and then there's things that can be worked out where. Republicans are going to have to bite their lip and Democrats are going to have to bite their lip. But the Democrats want it away. They don't want to talk about it because it's almost like, for them, it's almost like men and women's sports. They can't win, right? So they want that issue to go away. And I think they want immigration to go away. And you know who would benefit us? So we just got new rules. I want E-Verify for the farmers and the meatpackers. But if you've been here for 15 years and you got a sponsor, extended work visa, no citizenship. So I talked to a conservative we both know, and they go, everybody out. I want everybody out. Okay. How does that look? You know, I'm grabbing people out of restaurants, I'm grabbing managers and owners sometimes. President Trump knows all these people because he gets them in on the visas for his golf clubs. And he also knows a lot of those jobs, I believe it, he's impossible for Americans to do. But just organize it, organize your work visas, okay? Americans can't fill the job, well, you're gonna pay. A working wage to whatever that wage is, if you're going to take a Mexican on a work visa like a student from Sweden on an internship, you take them in for a season, and then they got to go. But if they prove themselves over five, ten years, maybe there's a path where they can do the green card. And they could say, listen, this guy's probably going to be an asset to us. He's a hard worker. And maybe there's a system there. You know a lot of people, great people that want to get to our country. And it takes forever to do it the right way. Maybe we can make it easier to do it the right way. And, you know, Canadians, they go to college here. You know, You know, they maybe we want them to stay or, you know, they want to get a job here and they prove themselves. Maybe there's a situation where we got some status for them because we know they understand our culture and our country. So I just think there's I want to you want to get to the point, Miranda, where your podcast is less about who's in charge. And more about the deals and compromises both do, where it's almost like sports. I used to do all sports radio. They talk about a trade and both sides are like, my side did great and your side did great. If we're really going to make progress in our country, my shows and your podcast and your columns will talk about the deal. Trump gave too much. Trump got away with the perfect deal. Man, he had little leverage and he still got what he wanted. Or, man, the MAGA people are going to be upset. with what he did on health care, but they're going to love what he did on immigration. That would make our shows just as interesting, and then we watch the way it plays out. So this way, when an election happens, by 24, every Democrat was just destroyed. They just were walking around, we're lost, we're dead. And now this time, now Republicans are walking around like we'll never be back in the saddle again. So what if you had a situation where I won, but you didn't lose? And I just think the pressure in the whole country would come down. Am I dreaming, do you think? I like the idea that you're putting forward about around the edges immigration reform. I'm not sure that Democrats would go for that because you'd have to have for Republicans a quid pro quo, such as voter ID, for instance. I think they might give on that. I think they might give on voter ID. I do. Well, it's such a popular issue. Yeah. 80% of people want it. Democrats want it. I think right now, if you put Ted Cruz on that stage, if you put Ron DeSantis on that stage, Chris Christie knows the issues. He's always going to be strong on the stage. He might jump back in the ring again. Josh Hawley, does he knuckle under to anybody? Josh Hawley is going to be out there. I think that's going to be pretty clear. Tom Cotton, I think his kids are too young, but I wouldn't say he's not going to do it. And also Brian Kemp. I mean, Brian Kemp has got a great track record. And if people feel as though they want to turn the page on MAGA, I think you could honestly say he was an anti-MAGA, but him and Trump didn't get along. So that might be enough distance because people tend to get sick of the person in power after two years, two terms. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who you just interviewed, who is remarkable, and I mean, Glenn Youngkin's another one on the sort of Mitt Romney side of things. Absolutely. You know, there could be somebody that comes out of nowhere, too, like Donald Trump did. Is there anyone from the business world that wants to jump in? You know, I think RFK is still thinking about it. People tell me inside there that he's got a goal, and I said, would he run as what? And they go, no, no, Republican, no question. So he considers himself a Republican now, and he's already took the slings and arrows and background checks from his family. I mean, what else can they throw at the guy? So he's certainly got the leadership and the charisma. And youth will be, I think, crucial, won't it? By then, I feel like... This election told us something about that, that the electorate was sick of having elderly people, the boomers and their elders in charge. And maybe they're going to skip a generation to, you know, Gen Z to the 30, 40 year olds. Yeah, I'm trying to think on the left. Katie Britt is probably the youngest senator that has a great demeanor. Didn't get off to that one speech. People hang on. But Marco Rubio overcame his water situation. When he had that speech, Bobby Jindal didn't. Yeah, Brandon Gill, man. Yeah, I don't know if he should, if he's ready for president, but he would, he certainly knows the issues. And by the way, his mentor, Jim Jordan, just got elected the new house minority leader by a wide margin. So he's going to be the minority leader that just came across. So Brandon Gill, who says Jim Jordan's his idol. So that's, that's interesting to emerge.