1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome everybody to the kickoff of the 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Thanks for making the 4 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: interview yesterday with former President Donald Trump such a hit. 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: We had a lot of news stories, a lot of listenership, 6 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: a lot of people breaking news with that one yesterday, 7 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 1: or rather rebroke news. And they reported on an ice 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: post from the former president weighing in on crises like 9 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: Ukraine and the border and the state of a Democrat 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 1: party who the political opponents are that he suspects will 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 1: be taking the reins of the party the next time around. 12 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: It was remarkable, though, you know, the president, when we're 13 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: talking of President Trump, of course upset the media tremendously, 14 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: Clay by talking about them as by calling them fake news. 15 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: That was the insult more than anything else, that really 16 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: riled them up, which is I think, in and of itself, 17 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: quite telling, because if they were truly doing their jobs, 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 1: if they were ethical, unbiased, impartial journals, speakers of truth, 19 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 1: they wouldn't upset them to be called fake news. They 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 1: would say, well, we're just doing our jobs. But it stung, 21 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: It hit home, and if you paid attention yesterday to 22 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 1: what happened, we had a fantastic example in real time, 23 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: Clay and I did of just what it means when 24 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: the fake news decides to run with something. Because we 25 00:01:31,560 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 1: had important, important questions for the president yesterday that he 26 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: answered with regard to number forty five former President Trump 27 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 1: with regard to Russia and Taiwan and Ukraine and the 28 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,480 Speaker 1: border and go down the list right. We talked about 29 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:52,000 Speaker 1: a whole rate the Canadian truckers COVID Fauci twenty twenty four. 30 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: But somehow the Lib media ran with the Trump is 31 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 1: praisig poop in line. That was the single biggest takeaway 32 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: they had. Trump says, I saw this all over the media, 33 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: and as the person who asked the question, and Clay 34 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:09,919 Speaker 1: we were sitting there together doing this interview yesterday, I 35 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 1: gotta says, it's like they're pretending not to understand or 36 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: even be able to read in context English sarcasm intent. 37 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 1: They're just being intentionally obtuse. Here's just a quick montage 38 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: of what they sounded like yesterday after Trump praised Putin 39 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:30,639 Speaker 1: during our interview. Play five. Donald Trump did an interview 40 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: this morning. On something called the Buck Sexton Clay Travis Show. 41 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: Former President Trump, who was out on this right wing 42 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,799 Speaker 1: radio show, and he was praising Vladimir Putin and what 43 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: Putin is doing in Ukraine. Donald Trump popping back up 44 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: to say this, Former President Trump blasting President Biden while 45 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:56,120 Speaker 1: praising Putin, praising, praising Vladimir Putin, praised Vladimir Putin. Donald Trump, 46 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: who you may remember, tried to hold up a to Ukraine. 47 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 1: This is something that is a propagandic gift to Putin. 48 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: Former President Herbert Hoover was an isolationist, but he didn't 49 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: call Adolf Hitler a genius. Well, dictators are going to 50 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,240 Speaker 1: talk like dictators, right game those games. I think we 51 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,600 Speaker 1: should all have chills over the fact that Donald Trump 52 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 1: called an invasion of a sovereign country genius. If Trump 53 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: is reelected in twenty twenty four, Canada had better watch out. 54 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,080 Speaker 1: He couldn't get a Nobel prize, so he's maybe trying 55 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,080 Speaker 1: out for the Order of Lenin or even better, finally, 56 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:31,080 Speaker 1: a Trump tower in Moscow. So much fake news, Clay, 57 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 1: these people are out of their minds. It is pretty extraordinary. 58 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: I mean, you and I set across the table from 59 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 1: President Trump for a full hour, and all of you 60 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:49,040 Speaker 1: heard that interview, and his discussion of Ukraine primarily focused 61 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: on the fact that Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if 62 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: he were still president. And I think that's true. And 63 00:03:57,160 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: so what you are seeing by the way that they 64 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: reacted to a clip or not even not even a 65 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: full couple of minutes of a discussion or surrounding Ukraine, 66 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: just a little clip, is a desperate attempt to try 67 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: and make it look like it's not Joe Biden's fault. 68 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,920 Speaker 1: Have you noticed the pivot already that's going on that 69 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,040 Speaker 1: Putin didn't invade? Did you see Rachel Maddow's blog had 70 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: this article up Putin didn't invade during Trump's presidency because 71 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: he was already getting everything that he wanted. But that 72 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: makes absolutely no s having fun of me, Clay, Why 73 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: didn't Russia? This is from the Mattow blog ATSNBC. I 74 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: guess she's on extended vacation after signing some obscene contract 75 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 1: doesn't work anymore. Why didn't Russia invade Ukraine during Trump's term? 76 00:04:48,279 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 1: Perhaps because put Puchin was so pleased to see Trump 77 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 1: pursuing goals in line with Moscow's agenda. Let me say 78 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 1: this is intellectually indefensible. I mean, this is this is 79 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: moron stuff here. I think they need to give Biden cover, 80 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: and they are desperate to provide Biden cover. And so look, 81 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 1: the President used different words buck, but we had a 82 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 1: big discussion on Monday about the maneuvers that Vladimir Putin 83 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 1: was trying to undertake in order in order to end 84 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: up in a situation where he might be able to 85 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: claim part of Ukraine, but have sent the message that 86 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,400 Speaker 1: he's going to invade and take over the whole country. 87 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 1: And so as a result, it's not as bad as 88 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: trying to take over Kiev or trying to take over 89 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 1: the entire country, and so he's able to add those 90 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: eastern Ukraine regions to his overall footprint of Russia. Right, 91 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: That was the discussion that we had on Monday. That's 92 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 1: essentially what the President was saying. But he said that 93 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 1: many times, like hey, I told him, if you ever 94 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 1: move into Ukraine, they'll be held to pay effectively. Again 95 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: I'm paraphrasing. He said that Putin was never willing to 96 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 1: do that while he was president here. So the way 97 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: that this was covered was just fundamentally dishonest. It was 98 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 1: the essence of fake news. I mean, it's up at 99 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: klanbuck dot com the transcript right now. By the way, 100 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,400 Speaker 1: this this is Trump. Now, by the way, this would 101 00:06:14,440 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: never have happened with us had I been in office, 102 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 1: not even thinkable. This would never have happened. But here's 103 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: a guy that says, you know, I'm going to declare 104 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 1: a big portion of your crane independent and we're gonna 105 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:27,680 Speaker 1: go We're gonna go in and we're gonna help peace keep. 106 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: You gotta say that's pretty savvy. He was speaking to 107 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 1: the efficacy of Putin's tactics in the situation, after already 108 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: declaring or going on to elaborate and say that he 109 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 1: would never have pulled this crap when I was president, 110 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:50,520 Speaker 1: because obviously Trump opposes this. You know, you wouldn't say 111 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: this never would have happened on my watch if you 112 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: supported a thing. But the media can't even read and 113 00:06:57,880 --> 00:07:01,839 Speaker 1: comprehend honestly. Instead, I mean, you know that they're running 114 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:04,119 Speaker 1: around I'd love that too. This right wag radio show. 115 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the kind of the biggest radio 116 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: show by audio. That's the funniest part about this is 117 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: they are trying to denigrate this show when our audience 118 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: is bigger than theirs. Is right, beyond a shadow of 119 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: a doubt, more people are listening and consuming this show 120 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 1: than consume virtually every MSNBC show all day long, certainly 121 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:27,239 Speaker 1: CNN as well, right during the course of the entire 122 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 1: show three hours. And so the idea that they're they're 123 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: trying to dismiss us to me one, it just is 124 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: evidence of how poorly they understand the larger media ecosystem. 125 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: The reason why Trump is talking to us, and the 126 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: reason he wanted to talk to all of you, is 127 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: because it's one of the largest audiences he can reach 128 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: anywhere in media, and it's one of the few places 129 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: where he can actually have the opportunity to speak in full. 130 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: And what did they do. They win and clipped one 131 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: minute of an hour long interview and dishonestly tried to 132 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: represent it as somehow praising Putin, which was not the 133 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: context of the comment at all. Just imagine if somebody, 134 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:09,440 Speaker 1: if you had a military strategist who said Rommel's battlefield 135 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: maneuvers in North Africa were the stuff of military genius, 136 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: you turn around and just like, oh my gosh, this 137 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: guy loves Hitler. That is exactly what they are doing 138 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 1: right there. They're actually acting like the specific commentary on 139 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 1: one tactic and whether you know, bad people are capable 140 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:33,640 Speaker 1: of doing very savvy things, obviously, but to say that 141 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:36,679 Speaker 1: something is a savvy tactic is not the same as 142 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: endorsing the whole program of what is behind it and 143 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: who is doing it. But they just pretend. Clay, but 144 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: this was a recurring theme of the fake news and 145 00:08:46,240 --> 00:08:48,080 Speaker 1: we should bring that turn back. By the way, I 146 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: actually think I miss it and I think that we 147 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: should start using it again because we see how fake 148 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,679 Speaker 1: You and I sat there. We experienced fake news from 149 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 1: the Democrat aligned legacy media in time essentially or you know, 150 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:04,880 Speaker 1: within hours of that interview, because we didn't. We didn't 151 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 1: sit there saying, oh my gosh, Trump is praising Putin. 152 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:10,640 Speaker 1: We're saying he's calling out what an idiot Biden is 153 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: and what a preposterous administration this is. And all they 154 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 1: had to do was actually listen to or even read 155 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: the transcript and context and they would get that. But 156 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: these are the same individuals Clay, who lie about Trump 157 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 1: when it comes to saying that there were good people 158 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 1: on both sides, including the Neo Nazis in Charlottesville. They 159 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: pretend to not understand the English language so they can 160 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: disingenuously bash Trump. Not only were they bashing him on 161 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: the on the relationship with Ukraine and Putin, they also 162 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: lied about what he said about the southern border. They said, oh, 163 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 1: he must be thinking about invading Mexico. No, he said 164 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: that he would rather have our troops sent to Texas 165 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: to help protect the southern border than he would sent 166 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: to Ukraine to help protect the Ukrainian border, which, by 167 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 1: the way, I would bet what do you think eighty 168 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:06,040 Speaker 1: five percent ninety percent of Americans if they said, hey, 169 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: do you want to send troops to Ukraine or do 170 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: you want to send troops to our southern border? I 171 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: think way more Americans would say, yeah, I'd rather protect 172 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: our southern border right now, given the millions of people 173 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 1: that are coming over every year, than I would go 174 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: try to get involved in Eastern European border land issues. 175 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:27,080 Speaker 1: And this is where you also see that Democrats pretend 176 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 1: to be a party that cares so much about humanitarian issues, 177 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,199 Speaker 1: pretend to be a party that are pushed by principle, 178 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 1: and yet in this moment you have to ask, well, 179 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: what exactly is the principle that they're invoking for this 180 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: moment of heightened tension with Russia? Are we supposed to 181 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 1: do what exactly we're already sending. We have been sending 182 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: a lot of munitions, We have been giving diplomatic support. 183 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 1: And people get concerned here because you wonder, so we 184 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: didn't go into Syria because they recognized that was a horrible, 185 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: messy civil war. Hopefully we've learned enough lessons in the 186 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: past twenty years of interventions in the Middle East in 187 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,240 Speaker 1: this country to know that this is not a fight 188 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: that we should have or should get involved in. But 189 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: a lot of really bellicost talk from people in the 190 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 1: Democrat foreign policy establishment right now. And Trump is the 191 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:22,280 Speaker 1: bad guy for saying we need to focus on our 192 00:11:22,320 --> 00:11:24,800 Speaker 1: own border. I mean, you know, he did run on 193 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 1: the whole America first notion. And there's no case to 194 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: be made that US military involving itself and it has 195 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 1: it yet, and to be fair to that, I hope 196 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,640 Speaker 1: it doesn't happen. But even thinking about involving US military 197 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,440 Speaker 1: in a conflict with Russia over Ukraine, that's the tip. 198 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: This is what Donald Trump believes, so of course he's 199 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: going to be a post of that and want to 200 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: focus on things here at home, no doubt. And this 201 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: is a great example of why I would encourage you 202 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: to listen to full interviews yourself in context. You can 203 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: listen to that interview by the first hour of the podcast. 204 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 1: You can search it out if you missed. Yesterday, Donald 205 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: Trump spent the full hour with us edmar Alago created 206 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:07,559 Speaker 1: some I think fake news headlines spun out by the 207 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:11,199 Speaker 1: media that is very threatened by Trump and frankly is 208 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,480 Speaker 1: trying to cover for Biden and his failures in virtually 209 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: every arena, including foreign policy. You can also go to 210 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:20,720 Speaker 1: Clay and Buck dot com if you don't have time 211 00:12:20,720 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: to listen, and you can read the transcripts of the 212 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: interview for yourself. I encourage you to do it. I 213 00:12:26,760 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: started doing this not only when I was practicing law 214 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:32,000 Speaker 1: because I wanted to be able to read the deposition 215 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 1: transcripts and the trial transcripts to see what was actually 216 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:36,959 Speaker 1: said as opposed to what was being said was said, 217 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: but also because the stories I found in the world 218 00:12:41,160 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: of sports when I would go to press conferences oftentimes 219 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 1: were not representative of what I had seen and heard myself, 220 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,840 Speaker 1: So I'd encourage you to check it out. 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Welcome back in Clay Travis buck 245 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 1: Sexton show. We were talking about their reaction to the interview. 246 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,480 Speaker 1: Will play for you during the course of today's show. 247 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: A few cuts in the event that you didn't hear. 248 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: But this is one of the cuts that the left 249 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: wing media decided to run with and argue somehow that 250 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 1: Trump was praising Putin when it was far from the case. 251 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: But we'll play this audio for you. This was yesterday 252 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 1: with Buck and I at Maralago. Let's play cut one. 253 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: I went in yesterday and there was a television screen 254 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:44,040 Speaker 1: and I said, this is genius. Putin declares a big 255 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:49,880 Speaker 1: portion of the Ukraine. Of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent. 256 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: Oh that's wonderful. So Putin is now saying it's independent 257 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 1: a large section of Ukraine. I said, how smart is that? 258 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: And he's going to go and be a peacekeeper. That's 259 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: the strongest peace force we could use that on our 260 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: southern border. That's the strongest peace force I've ever seen. 261 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: There were more army tanks than I've ever seen. They're 262 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: gonna keep peace, all right, No, but think of it, 263 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:15,600 Speaker 1: here's a guy who's very savvy. I know him very well, 264 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: very very well. By the way, this never would have 265 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: happened with us had I've been in office, not even thinkable. 266 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: This would never have happened. But here's the guy that says, 267 00:15:25,120 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: you know, I'm going to declare a big portion of 268 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 1: Ukraine independent. He used the word independent, and we're gonna 269 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: go out and we're gonna go in and we're gonna 270 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: help keep peace. You got to say that's pretty savvy. 271 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 1: And you know what the response was from Biden. There 272 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: was no response. They didn't have one for that. Now, 273 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: it's very sad. So I don't even understand Buck. You 274 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: listen to that entire context. He's first of all being 275 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:55,560 Speaker 1: sarcastic about the idea of peacekeepers, but he's saying it's 276 00:15:55,600 --> 00:16:01,200 Speaker 1: so sad that Biden has been played due to hooton savvy, 277 00:16:01,400 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: into such an uncomfortable chess position on the board, and 278 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: he's saying that would have never happened if I were president. 279 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,640 Speaker 1: I agree with everything that he said there. I mean, 280 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,760 Speaker 1: I don't even understand. Like we're sitting across the table 281 00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: as he said it. I was like, you know, okay, this, 282 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: I understand his argument. It is so dishonest to even 283 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,240 Speaker 1: try and spin it the way that they did. Yeah, 284 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 1: and this is a symptom of trumpt arrangement syndrome for everybody. 285 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: This is actually one of the primary This is you know, 286 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: time to call your doctor if you have this symptom 287 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: of Trump't arrangement syndrome. Pretending if you're a journalist, not 288 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: to understand the English language, not to understand context. That 289 00:16:39,520 --> 00:16:42,560 Speaker 1: they did this to Trump all the time. So well 290 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: he said, you know, he said when pigs fly, and 291 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: pigs can't actually fly, so he's a lie. I mean, 292 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: they would they just they would act like any any 293 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,000 Speaker 1: if he used a euphemism or hyperbole or whatever. They 294 00:16:55,040 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: all of a sudden were these obtuse literalists to try 295 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,680 Speaker 1: to attend him. And that's what we saw yesterday. And 296 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:03,880 Speaker 1: it's just pathetic, man, because you know what what he 297 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 1: said about Joe Biden is right. He's a buffoon. He's 298 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 1: always been a buffoon. Everyone who knows foreign policy will 299 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:13,040 Speaker 1: tell you that Clay. Everyone who understands this guy's decision 300 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:16,760 Speaker 1: making the past agrees. But you know, good old Grandpa 301 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:18,919 Speaker 1: Joe during the pandemic, the revolutely going to roll him 302 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: into the basement and hide him there until the media 303 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: made him president. And now we're dealing with the consequences 304 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,239 Speaker 1: of that cynical decision making. And let me say this, 305 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 1: by far, the biggest story I thought from Trump during 306 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,160 Speaker 1: the course of our investi of our investigation, of our interview. 307 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: We talked about the Durham investigation too, by the way, 308 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 1: and that was a storyline that I thought deserved attention. 309 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,240 Speaker 1: But him saying that he thought China was going to 310 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 1: go into Taiwan, I mean, that is a monstrously huge 311 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:51,200 Speaker 1: story that would make a double fronted war, right instead 312 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: of just having to worry about Ukraine, you would have 313 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 1: to worry about China. 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Welcome back in plays Ravis buck 334 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: Sexton show. Rolling into our number two of the Wednesday edition, 335 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: had to think the different It's already been a big week. 336 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: We were down in mar Lago yesterday. Encourage you to 337 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:13,439 Speaker 1: go listen to the full interview with President Trump. And 338 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 1: I want to say this, all of the attention in 339 00:19:18,160 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 1: the media as they have tried to twist the president's 340 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:24,520 Speaker 1: words around, forty five's words around as it pertains to 341 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 1: Ukraine and Putin. But the biggest story to me remains China, 342 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:38,360 Speaker 1: because whatever happens with Ukraine, it is an issue potentially 343 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 1: in Eastern Europe. But even today, as I'm sitting and 344 00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: looking at the stock market, for instance, the stock market 345 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:50,200 Speaker 1: even in the wake of the invasion, not really moving 346 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:53,600 Speaker 1: that much one hundred point move one way or the other. 347 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:59,400 Speaker 1: So far today, the general economic fallout from whatever happens 348 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:04,199 Speaker 1: in Ukraine rain for the United States relatively muted. That 349 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: seems to be the overall consensus belief. Now, certainly consensus 350 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: belief has been wrong about a lot over the past 351 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:16,640 Speaker 1: several years, but in general, Ukraine is not going to 352 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:21,679 Speaker 1: change the overall geopolitical landscape of the United States or 353 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 1: other major powers. What could buck And We've been talking 354 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,240 Speaker 1: about this for a while because I think it's wildly underdiscussed. 355 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,359 Speaker 1: What could is? We already saw China take Hong Kong 356 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: without firing a shot, just ended democracy in Hong Kong, 357 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:44,160 Speaker 1: and now it seems as if China is using the 358 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:49,200 Speaker 1: proxy war going on right now between Ukraine and Russia 359 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:53,439 Speaker 1: as a potential prelude to figuring out how the Biden 360 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: administration might respond should they decide to invade Taiwan. And 361 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: that is actually, I think, by far the most interesting 362 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:07,560 Speaker 1: thing that President Trump said to us, because obviously he 363 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: knows Prutin well, he knows Zee well in terms of 364 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 1: the relationships between China and Russia. Here is what he 365 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 1: said when we asked and he talked about Taiwan in 366 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 1: the context of Ukraine. Listen to this. I knew that 367 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:23,280 Speaker 1: he always wanted Ukraine. I used to talk to him 368 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: about it. I said, you can't do it, You're not 369 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 1: going to do it. But I could see that he 370 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: wanted it, and I used to ask him. We used 371 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: to talk about it at length. I think nobody probably 372 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 1: knows him better in terms of the discussions that we 373 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,680 Speaker 1: have were that we're having this morning. So I knew 374 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: him very well. I got to know him. I got 375 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 1: to know President She by the way, China is gonna 376 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 1: be next. She knows China is gonna think they're gonna 377 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,159 Speaker 1: go after Taiwan. Oh, absolutely not. With me, they wouldn't have. 378 00:21:47,359 --> 00:21:49,160 Speaker 1: But you think with Biden. Nel Troy if they're waiting 379 00:21:49,280 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: till after the Olympics. Now the Olympics ended, and look 380 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: at your stop watch, right, No, he's he wants that 381 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: just like It's almost like twin sisters right here, because 382 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 1: you have one that wants to want I think equally badly. 383 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 1: Somebody said, who wants it more? I think probably equally badly. 384 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: But no, Putin would have never done it, and she 385 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: would have never done it. And also North Korea has 386 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,679 Speaker 1: not acted up for four years. Okay, so buck this 387 00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 1: to me again. You can not like the president and Trump, 388 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,879 Speaker 1: and certainly there's lots of people out there who don't. 389 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,239 Speaker 1: But I think what he got very little credit for 390 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 1: is this the guy who's done deals his whole life. 391 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 1: He has to sit across the table and size people up, 392 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:34,760 Speaker 1: figure out what they want, what he can give them, 393 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: what they can give him, and somehow come to a deal, 394 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,639 Speaker 1: right the art of the deal. Trump has written entire 395 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: books about it, and I think he does a pretty 396 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: good job of sizing people up if he is correct 397 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,840 Speaker 1: to your buck. As big of an issue as Ukraine is, 398 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:57,720 Speaker 1: Taiwan is Ukraine on ten twenty one hundredfold importance when 399 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 1: you consider semiconductors the South to see impact. What we 400 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:06,520 Speaker 1: would do Taiwan economically is a far bigger story than 401 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 1: what might happen in Ukraine. And the Chinese Communist Party 402 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 1: has always maintained and just recently said that Taiwan is 403 00:23:16,840 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 1: a part of Yes, right, this has been there, that 404 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 1: has been their official and we have a policy of 405 00:23:21,720 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: strategic ambiguity. You start to line up some of the 406 00:23:25,400 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: similarities here. We promised in the Budapest Memorandum when Ukraine 407 00:23:29,960 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: was going to and did give up its nuclear weapons 408 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 1: because it inherited them at the fall of the Soviet Union. 409 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 1: Essentially we said, and the uk did, and of course 410 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 1: Russia did that we would protect them, but not a 411 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:48,399 Speaker 1: part of NATO, So not the same level of contract, 412 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: if you will, not the same level of investment in 413 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: in their security. And with Taiwan we have the strategic 414 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,600 Speaker 1: ambiguity of well, maybe we would do something, maybe we 415 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,800 Speaker 1: wouldn't do something. Right now, what's happened in response to 416 00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 1: our sanctions, it's already occurring. And let's just understand this. 417 00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of moralizing from Democrats about this, 418 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: and I we're talking about how awful Putin is, and yeah, 419 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 1: he's a bad guy. There are a lot of bad 420 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,200 Speaker 1: people that run countries all over the world. Putin's particularly 421 00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,359 Speaker 1: bad because his country is a trillion dollar plus economy 422 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: I think maybe it's getting closer to futurely and now, 423 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 1: and has a lot of nukes and a pretty serious military. 424 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 1: So he's a bigger concern, no question, than some tinpot 425 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:29,959 Speaker 1: dictator that has a country with barely an armed forces. 426 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: I get, we all understand that, but when you're adding 427 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: China into the mix here, you also see how that 428 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: affects the sanctions regime. The idea that we're going to 429 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: have enough economic impact on Russia to change the calculation 430 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 1: is just silly. It's just not going to happen. So 431 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: we're gonna hear. You know, Biden gave that speech yesterday, Clay, 432 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,719 Speaker 1: while we were all on air, and right after we 433 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,800 Speaker 1: had spoken to former President Trump. And I also want 434 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: to point out, I mean, Biden sound it sounded almost 435 00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 1: like gibberish when he was reading it off a I mean, 436 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:04,480 Speaker 1: it sounded like he was running late for some other engagement. 437 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: He's like, Mary, are we are We're gonna no Russia, 438 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: Ukraine and stuff, blah, blah, sanctions, keep going and keep going. 439 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 1: You know, this is like me when I run through 440 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,480 Speaker 1: prompter reads and I don't have time before I actually 441 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: go on air. That's what the Commander in chief saying, here, 442 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,400 Speaker 1: here we go, China stuff, Russia, you don't do this. 443 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: Democracy principles blah blah blah, you know stuff. You know, 444 00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:29,680 Speaker 1: that was the way that he gave his speech yesterday, 445 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: which clearly isn't gonna do a darn thing about anything. 446 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: And then you have the turn towards China that's already 447 00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: occurring by Russia in response. Guess what's gonna happen. Russia 448 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: and China are doing it closer, and there's gonna be 449 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: more business done, there's gonna be more economic activity, that 450 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,639 Speaker 1: relationship will strengthen, and so the possibility of and to 451 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 1: your credit, you brought this up and we discussed this 452 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: on the show many months ago. A one two punch 453 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: here of Russia. What does Russia want more than anything 454 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 1: in terms of territory at this point? Ukraine? Right, that's 455 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 1: I read the entire translation of Putin's speech or it's 456 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,639 Speaker 1: a long speech where he lays out the whole Ukraine 457 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 1: was part of Russia it was the Soviets, it was 458 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 1: the Lenin extremists who said that it couldn't be part 459 00:26:14,080 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 1: of and they were dealing with nationalism. It was a 460 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: long speech that Putin gave, invoking his historical and contextual 461 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 1: current contextual justification for this. By the way, I don't 462 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:26,159 Speaker 1: agree with that. I'm out of doors and I'm just 463 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 1: saying I read it so I could understand it. China 464 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: feels even more dedicated to taking Taiwan than Russia does 465 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,480 Speaker 1: to taking Ukraine, I think, And so we are entering 466 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: a dangerous period here. The sanctions aren't going to do anything. 467 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 1: We're not going to do anything militarily, I think. And 468 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 1: I also point out I believe that's the right move. 469 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: What would we do, Clay if China moved on Taiwan? 470 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,320 Speaker 1: What I mean, people need to really think about that. 471 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 1: Do we want a war in the South China seed? 472 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,200 Speaker 1: Do we want a war around Taiwan? Do we want 473 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 1: a war off the coast that could expand and very 474 00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: rapidly over an island that Yes, there's a lot of 475 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 1: strategic importance. You pointed out the semiconductors. You pointed out 476 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,239 Speaker 1: this is a democracy. There's are we gonna start going 477 00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:11,440 Speaker 1: to war for other democracies around the world. That's that's 478 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,159 Speaker 1: a question people are going to be considering. I think 479 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,760 Speaker 1: in the months and years ahead. I don't think there's 480 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: any doubt. And what Japan wants, what Korea want factor 481 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:25,159 Speaker 1: in here in a big way. And you mentioned and 482 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: this is becoming a big story the friendship between Russia 483 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 1: and China, or at least a strategic partnership, if friendship 484 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 1: is too strong of a word. This is a story 485 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 1: that's out right now. The main editor of the Chinese 486 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 1: news agency said that he wants his country to be 487 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 1: careful when they cover this Russia Ukraine incident because quote 488 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:58,159 Speaker 1: this accidentally got published online for all the journalists to 489 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:00,640 Speaker 1: see in the rest of the world. But these were 490 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: the instructions Chinese journalists were being given. This is a translation. 491 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:09,520 Speaker 1: In the future, China will need Russia's understanding and support 492 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:15,160 Speaker 1: when wrestling with America to solve the Taiwan issue once 493 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,960 Speaker 1: and for all. He said it quote doesn't hurt to 494 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:25,040 Speaker 1: use moderately pro Russia language, and that he wanted China 495 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,880 Speaker 1: to back Russia up. This is a quote with emotional 496 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,600 Speaker 1: and moral support. While refraining from treading on the toes 497 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,440 Speaker 1: of the United States and the European Union. And so 498 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: they are using all of these Ukraine stories as an 499 00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:47,479 Speaker 1: opportunity to test the United States and see whether or 500 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,680 Speaker 1: not now is the time for China to go after 501 00:28:50,760 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: Taiwan once and for all. And so Biden's weakness, whether 502 00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:58,480 Speaker 1: you voted for him or not, could end up costing 503 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 1: all of us because they don't trust his ability to 504 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 1: respond to this in China or in Russia. It's also 505 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: the case that if Biden feels like he has very 506 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: little political capital and the economy, the US economy is 507 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 1: in particularly rough shape, do you think that he's going 508 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,160 Speaker 1: to make wise decisions one way or the other if 509 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,120 Speaker 1: there is a major provocation from China. And also look 510 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:27,320 Speaker 1: at the way Russia is playing this. Russia used the 511 00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:32,280 Speaker 1: separatist provinces quote unquote separatist provinces whatever you want to 512 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: call them, of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia back 513 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,160 Speaker 1: in two thousand and eight into two thousand and nine 514 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: when there's a transition from Bush to Obama as the playbook, 515 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,880 Speaker 1: and we are now seeing that playbook on a much 516 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: bigger scale in Ukraine. Very similar, But the way that 517 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,640 Speaker 1: the media narrative is formed around this play and the 518 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 1: response of Western nations, you know, a lot a lot 519 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: of tough talk from NATI. Oh oh, we're bolstering NATO. Okay, well, 520 00:29:56,920 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: Putin's not invading a NATO country, so you know, I mean, 521 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: that's not really going to do very much. I think 522 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,320 Speaker 1: China watches all of this and gets to see, all right, 523 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: how does the West, how do the democracies, the unified 524 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: democracies of the world respond to a major military incident 525 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,160 Speaker 1: like this? A lot of tough talk, a lot of 526 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 1: people going on the you know, Median prime time pounding 527 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: their chests about how we need to stand for our 528 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 1: principles in Ukraine, but what does that even mean? And 529 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: I think China's watching this and learning lessons that may 530 00:30:24,960 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 1: well be applied if they decide to go after Taiwan, 531 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: which a lot of people I know who are China watchers, 532 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:32,880 Speaker 1: as we would say, the intel community. I mean, that's 533 00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:36,840 Speaker 1: their primary area of responsibility. They think it's a question 534 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: of just when, not if, and when is the United 535 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: States going to have a weaker leader than right now? 536 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,840 Speaker 1: And when could you put him on a two fronted 537 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:52,240 Speaker 1: war in a more difficult position. I'm not sure that 538 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:56,840 Speaker 1: the opportunity has ever been more strategically advantageous right now 539 00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: than right now for China as it pertains to Taiwan, 540 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: which is what President Trump laid out with us just 541 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,480 Speaker 1: just about twenty four hours ago, and it still didn't 542 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,960 Speaker 1: get much attention, but to me, it should have. You're 543 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 1: a homeowner and you want to refy your mortgage, It's 544 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 1: time to ask yourself why you haven't, because interest rates 545 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 1: may never be this low again. 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Well, it's great to be with you. 571 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me back last time. I was still candidate, 572 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:00,400 Speaker 1: and it's just awesome to speak with you as governor. 573 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna tell you, I'm not gonna say it's 574 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,280 Speaker 1: a coincidence. Would you come on the Clay and Buck Show, 575 00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,480 Speaker 1: Good things happen, Governor, so We're happy to have you. 576 00:33:06,560 --> 00:33:09,240 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. You're doing some big things right 577 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:12,680 Speaker 1: out of the gate, mask mandates in schools top of 578 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: what we've been talking about here on the show watching 579 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:17,680 Speaker 1: from Outside of Your State, tell us first about how 580 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:21,320 Speaker 1: that fight is going to allow parents the right to 581 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: free their children's faces from the cloth. Well, it's I 582 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: think we've put things to bed here with the bipartisan 583 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: legislation that was signed in the law last week given 584 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,320 Speaker 1: parents the right to make a decision about whether their 585 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:41,080 Speaker 1: children wear a mask or not. And we've been talking 586 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 1: about this for a year and the fact that parents 587 00:33:44,560 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: absolutely have a fundamental right to make these decisions, and 588 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,960 Speaker 1: if school boards have mandates, parents have to be able 589 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: to opt out. That's what the legislation says. And I 590 00:33:55,080 --> 00:33:57,120 Speaker 1: believe that if parents want to have their child wear 591 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,120 Speaker 1: a mask, then they should be allowed to do so. 592 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: But also of parents don't want their child to wear 593 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 1: a mask because it's in their best interests not to 594 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: do so, they should be able to make that decision too. 595 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 1: This is about liberty and freedom and I think this 596 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:11,719 Speaker 1: is why we won last November is Virginians not just Republicans, 597 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 1: but independence and Democrats really felt strongly that it was 598 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,040 Speaker 1: time for us to get back to some of our 599 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 1: core fundamental beliefs and the rights of the people and 600 00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,440 Speaker 1: liberty and freedom. And we've gotten started really with the 601 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 1: bang here. I've been very excited about getting taxes down 602 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:30,759 Speaker 1: and standing up for parents' rights, and re establishing expectations 603 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 1: of excellence in schools as opposed to water down expectations, 604 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 1: and getting law enforcement funded, and standing up for our 605 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,799 Speaker 1: community safety. And oh, by the way, let's go create 606 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:44,040 Speaker 1: some jobs and recognize that the more jobs they are, 607 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: the more opportunity there is. And we got to get 608 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: regulations down and jobs up. And so it's been a busy, 609 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,919 Speaker 1: busy first five weeks, but boy, we're having a great time. 610 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,319 Speaker 1: Congratulations on the win a governor, Young Cain, and you 611 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:55,920 Speaker 1: have done a heck of a job. And I know 612 00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 1: many of our listeners out there have been very proud 613 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:01,240 Speaker 1: to see you follow through on many of the things 614 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,120 Speaker 1: you said you would do, which is sometimes rare in politics. 615 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,320 Speaker 1: I want to ask you big picture. We got next 616 00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 1: week the State of the Union address. It's not very 617 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 1: far to the midterms. You were a little bit ahead 618 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: one year with the election in Virginia of where the 619 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,480 Speaker 1: nation might be headed. What do you say to everybody 620 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,560 Speaker 1: out there who looks at your success in Virginia and 621 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 1: wonders how much of it was unique to your commonwealth 622 00:35:25,680 --> 00:35:27,839 Speaker 1: there and how much of it was part of the 623 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,359 Speaker 1: larger atmosphere that exists in this country right now? What 624 00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: would you say to other people getting ready to run 625 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,920 Speaker 1: coming up on twenty twenty two that you learned based 626 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 1: on your campaign? Virginia is very much a microcosm of 627 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 1: a nation. I mean, we have, yes, a lot of Republicans, 628 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: but a lot of Democrats, but we have a ton 629 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:54,319 Speaker 1: of independence. And I think so many of the emotions 630 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 1: and open head the way policies that people felt so 631 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,120 Speaker 1: strongly about this past year in Virginia. And you absolutely 632 00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,239 Speaker 1: our emotions and policies that the nation is focused on 633 00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:08,640 Speaker 1: right now, and it has everything to do with individual 634 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 1: liberty and rights. And let's just start with education. And 635 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 1: historically I think that the Republicans might not have been 636 00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:19,200 Speaker 1: the party to look to for education when you get 637 00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,160 Speaker 1: right down to what we are. We stand for choice, 638 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: we stand for parents rights, We want excellence. We want 639 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:28,200 Speaker 1: kids to be taught how to think, not what to 640 00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:30,040 Speaker 1: think you know. One of the things we're working on 641 00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 1: in Virginia is a lab school initiative so that we 642 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,280 Speaker 1: can partner with universities and colleges and do it within 643 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,239 Speaker 1: the public school system, so parents can choose to send 644 00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:42,280 Speaker 1: their children to an alternative school called a lab school 645 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:45,480 Speaker 1: that has a different curriculum that can prepare their child 646 00:36:45,560 --> 00:36:48,960 Speaker 1: for college or for a career. But I'm also very 647 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 1: very aware of the fact that public safety is a 648 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: huge issue across the nation. Crime rates have been soaring, 649 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:59,800 Speaker 1: and last year we ran on a deep, deep focus 650 00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:03,879 Speaker 1: on making our community safe again, funding law enforcement equipment, 651 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:08,680 Speaker 1: training salaries, getting more law enforcement on the streets so 652 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:10,920 Speaker 1: that in fact, we can keep our communities safe, but 653 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:15,040 Speaker 1: also recognizing we've got to rebuild relationships, and that's why 654 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,400 Speaker 1: we've been pushing so hard on some special programs to 655 00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,719 Speaker 1: help rebuild relationships. And finally, at the end of the day, 656 00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:25,120 Speaker 1: all Virginians and I think Americans, are recognizing that taxes 657 00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,239 Speaker 1: at the state level in Virginia are too high. It's 658 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:32,879 Speaker 1: inflation is running away, just rampant, and what governors can 659 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:37,279 Speaker 1: do is get taxes down prices are up. That's just 660 00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:42,040 Speaker 1: policy mistakes in Washington. But we're able to do everything 661 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,520 Speaker 1: at the governor's level that we possibly can around taxes, 662 00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,000 Speaker 1: and that's why we're so focused on getting taxes down. 663 00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:50,919 Speaker 1: So the basics of getting the cost of living down, 664 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:55,800 Speaker 1: improving education, make our community safe, and creating more jobs. 665 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,279 Speaker 1: And then finally, we have been so focused on making 666 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 1: government work for us and not telling us what to 667 00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: do all the time, having a government that's best in class, 668 00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 1: getting the backlog of unemployment clais down, making our DMV work, 669 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,879 Speaker 1: having government that's responsive to its bosses. So I think 670 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:16,000 Speaker 1: these are really really universal issues across the nation, and 671 00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: I think that Republicans will do really well this year 672 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:21,560 Speaker 1: if we keep listening to our customers and deliberate form. 673 00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:26,200 Speaker 1: Speaking of Governor Glenn Junkin of Virginia and Governor, you've 674 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:29,359 Speaker 1: come out of the gates doing things that Clay pointed out, 675 00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:33,359 Speaker 1: you promised to douce, you're already taking those actions. How 676 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,759 Speaker 1: do you think in your state? Just as to get 677 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,279 Speaker 1: a sense of you just won congratulations, so you're just 678 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,520 Speaker 1: starting your term as governor, but there's obviously going to 679 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:45,680 Speaker 1: be a very contentious mid term election coming up. How 680 00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:47,759 Speaker 1: do you think based on what you know of Virginia's 681 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:51,760 Speaker 1: politics as a purple and previously until this most recent 682 00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 1: election trending blue state. Things are looking in Virginia for 683 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:58,640 Speaker 1: the Republican Party because that might be an indicator of 684 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:02,520 Speaker 1: how it will go in other contests that are the country. Yeah, 685 00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:07,680 Speaker 1: I believe that voters in Virginia expressed a strong view 686 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:13,319 Speaker 1: that individual liberties, low taxes, better education, safe communities are 687 00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:18,080 Speaker 1: our top of mind. And I think that Virginia's voters 688 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:22,600 Speaker 1: reflect America, and I think that Republicans staying focused on 689 00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:26,440 Speaker 1: these issues will do incredibly well this year. Incredibly well. 690 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:31,080 Speaker 1: You know, state run led by Republicans have just done 691 00:39:31,200 --> 00:39:34,479 Speaker 1: so much better. We've done better economically, we've done better 692 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:38,800 Speaker 1: in job creation, We've done we've done better education metrics, 693 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,920 Speaker 1: we've done better managing through COVID. I mean, this is 694 00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:46,640 Speaker 1: a moment where where the leadership of the Republicans has 695 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:51,080 Speaker 1: been strong, and what we've seen, of course is unfortunately 696 00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,680 Speaker 1: weak leadership out of Washington in a time when we 697 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:57,640 Speaker 1: need strong leadership, at a time where we see geopolitical 698 00:39:57,680 --> 00:40:00,960 Speaker 1: issues really on the fore runt, and they're on the 699 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:04,319 Speaker 1: forefront because we've had week leadership, and I think that 700 00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:09,840 Speaker 1: Americans are ready for that basic principled leadership of small government, 701 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:14,600 Speaker 1: of a strong national defense, low taxes, empowering people, and 702 00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:18,720 Speaker 1: recognizing that this is a moment to actually lean forward 703 00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:22,840 Speaker 1: and not step back. We can do incredibly well this November. Governor, 704 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,879 Speaker 1: you're across the Potomac River from a guy who has 705 00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:29,040 Speaker 1: a lot lower approval ratings right now than you do, 706 00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,480 Speaker 1: in Joe Biden. He's got the State of the Union 707 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,279 Speaker 1: coming up. He probably won't listen to you because he's 708 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,840 Speaker 1: making all the bad decisions, but you're close. What would 709 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:42,319 Speaker 1: you tell him, Olive Branch, he should have in the 710 00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:44,880 Speaker 1: State of the Union. Based on what you are hearing 711 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:48,960 Speaker 1: and seeing in your state, what do people want? Well, 712 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:52,279 Speaker 1: I think it's time to recognize that the state of 713 00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:56,839 Speaker 1: emergency that is existing in COVID the time to end. 714 00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:00,120 Speaker 1: It's the time to end and we can get back 715 00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,080 Speaker 1: to normal. And this is what we're seeing in Virginia 716 00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 1: is when we give people the ability to make decisions 717 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,439 Speaker 1: over their own lives and they can see a path 718 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,879 Speaker 1: back to normal. So many of the things that have 719 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:17,719 Speaker 1: that have worked against economic recovery, against basic happiness can 720 00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,960 Speaker 1: in fact, we can recover from I mean, let's be serious. 721 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,279 Speaker 1: We've got it. We've got a crisis of behavioral and 722 00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 1: mental health in this nation and in Virginia, and so 723 00:41:27,760 --> 00:41:31,080 Speaker 1: much of it is because we have seen lockdowns extended 724 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,560 Speaker 1: longer than they ever should be, and we've seen mandatory 725 00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:37,240 Speaker 1: mask policies with hevidency to remove then listen to science 726 00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:40,920 Speaker 1: and the medicine is telling us. It's from so many experts, 727 00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:43,400 Speaker 1: and it is time. And so that is the number 728 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,560 Speaker 1: one thing that I think our president could do is 729 00:41:46,560 --> 00:41:50,919 Speaker 1: is relinquish, relinquish the stronghold he's got on so many 730 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:54,080 Speaker 1: parts in our in our in America by extending this 731 00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,080 Speaker 1: state of emergency. I think the second thing he needs 732 00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,120 Speaker 1: to do is lead. It's time. We cannot we cannot 733 00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,479 Speaker 1: have weak leadership. And we're seeing the results of weak 734 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,719 Speaker 1: leadership all around the world, but we're also seen it 735 00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:09,759 Speaker 1: at home, and it is time to make sure that 736 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:14,759 Speaker 1: we have distinctive decisions made around how we're You know, 737 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:17,759 Speaker 1: the fact we pulled out of Afghanistan the way we did, 738 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:20,800 Speaker 1: the fact that we have had weak sanctions responses in 739 00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:25,560 Speaker 1: to Russia and their aggression in the Ukraine only exacerbates 740 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:28,279 Speaker 1: these circumstances. Because they know the United States is not 741 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:31,960 Speaker 1: responding strongly anymore. We've got it, We've got to show leadership, 742 00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,200 Speaker 1: and so those two things, in my mind, should be 743 00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:36,320 Speaker 1: at the top of his list, and I hope he 744 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:40,799 Speaker 1: would listen. The Governor of Virginia, we appreciate the time. 745 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,960 Speaker 1: Congratulations on the win, and thank you for fighting and 746 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,160 Speaker 1: winning so many battles that matter so much to the 747 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,040 Speaker 1: people in your state and around the nation. Thanks for 748 00:42:48,120 --> 00:42:50,759 Speaker 1: joining us guys, thank you for having me have a 749 00:42:50,760 --> 00:42:54,839 Speaker 1: blessed afternoon. Thanks that is Glenn yunkin. Uh. 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