1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:00,960 Speaker 1: Welcome back to everybody. 2 00:00:01,080 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 2: Third hour of Clay end Buck goes right now, and 3 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 2: we are joined by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Mister Secretary, 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 2: I appreciate you making the time for us. A lot 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:12,319 Speaker 2: going on in the world. 6 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks for having me. 7 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:16,439 Speaker 1: Let's jump right into it. 8 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 2: There's so much we want to ask you about the 9 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 2: start of this Trump administration. The domestic stuff, the executive 10 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 2: orders has gone a tremendous amount of focus, but the 11 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 2: president has an ambitious foreign policy agenda that you are 12 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 2: the point person for. Let's just start with if you 13 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 2: could set the table on Russia Ukraine and the reporting 14 00:00:35,320 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 2: that Trump is eager to have negotiations to end that conflict, 15 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: to at least bring about a ceasefire. 16 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 3: Well, the great thing about working for President Trump is 17 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 3: there's not a lot of ambiguity. I mean, he's pretty straightforward, 18 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 3: and he's been campaigning and saying the war would have 19 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 3: never happened if he was president. I believe that to 20 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 3: be true. He said that yesterday too, to invidi me 21 00:00:55,760 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 3: putin by the way, and he wants it to end now, 22 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 3: wants to end the war. He's not looking for just 23 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 3: like a pause, you know, he's looking for it to 24 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 3: end and uh. And and then it's gonna it's gonna 25 00:01:06,280 --> 00:01:08,560 Speaker 3: be hard. Uh. And it's gonna have to move in stages. 26 00:01:08,600 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 3: You know, maybe it starts with a ceasefire that's not 27 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 3: been agreed to. I don't even negotiated, but I'm just 28 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,760 Speaker 3: saying that. And then you know, opening things like aid 29 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 3: corridors and and ensuring that both sides you know, aren't 30 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 3: targeting energy infrastructure. So we'll see how that plays out. 31 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 3: And by the way, I think the US is not 32 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 3: going to happen without Trump. He's the only one in 33 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 3: the world that can bring it something like this together. 34 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 3: But it has to be a global effort. It's not 35 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 3: just US, it's not just in Europe or NATO. I mean, 36 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,959 Speaker 3: countries around the world are gonna have to participate. Now, 37 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 3: I will say Europe is going to have to provide 38 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 3: if there's going to be durable security guarantees for Ukraine. Uh, 39 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:43,960 Speaker 3: that's gonna have to be the Europeans who have to 40 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 3: be willing to step up and do that. And but 41 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 3: there's a lot of sensitive issues to talk about, territorial claims, 42 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 3: you know, arms control and things of that nature, language 43 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 3: and cultural matters. All that's going to have to be 44 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 3: worked through. And finally, you know, the US is going 45 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 3: to have a stake in Ukraine's long term independence, and 46 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 3: that should be anchored in an ongoing economic interest. You know, 47 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 3: whether it's the ability to hopefully we'll have some newsier 48 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:10,679 Speaker 3: soon on that, the ability to partner with Ukraine a 49 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:13,640 Speaker 3: joint venture or something like that for their mineral rights, 50 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 3: you know, all the natural resources they have, and some 51 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 3: of that money will go back to pay back the 52 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 3: US taxpayer for the billions of dollars and that's been 53 00:02:21,200 --> 00:02:22,919 Speaker 3: spent there, and part of it was going to be 54 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:26,200 Speaker 3: reinvested back into Ukraine to rebuild all the destruction that's 55 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 3: happened there, you know, their infrastructure and things like that. 56 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 3: But it's a lot of hard work. But yesterday was 57 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 3: the first step in a long journey that lies ahead. 58 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 3: But it's this all reiterate what the President said that 59 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,639 Speaker 3: the killing and the dying has to stop in Ukraine. 60 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 4: We're talking to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. There has 61 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 4: been talk that you are going to Munich and that 62 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 4: there could be conversations potentially as early as tomorrow. Is 63 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 4: that taking place, Will you be traveling to Europe. What 64 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 4: is the procedure under which conversations like these could lead 65 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:04,639 Speaker 4: to a ceasefire would take place? What can you tell 66 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 4: us about that? 67 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 3: Well, first of all, I mean, we've got to work 68 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,560 Speaker 3: through all that. I will be in Europe tomorrow, be 69 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 3: in Germany. It was already scheduled to be there. The 70 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 3: Vice President and I'll be meeting with Zelenski, and at 71 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 3: some point you know that you will have to engage 72 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 3: with Russian counterparts. We haven't talked to the Russians in 73 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 3: almost two and a half years, so I think the 74 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,320 Speaker 3: president's call yesterday with Ladimir Putin was the first presidential 75 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,000 Speaker 3: call with Latimir Putin two and a half years. So 76 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 3: we'll have some work to do in terms of just 77 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 3: rebuilding the lines of communication. We'll have to wait for 78 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 3: the Russians to identify their counterparts and the people are 79 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 3: going to be involved on their end, and obviously you know, 80 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 3: we're going to be talking to Ukraine, and we're going 81 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 3: to be talking to all of our allies and partners 82 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 3: in Europe and around the world regarding this as well. 83 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 3: They're going to be involved in all this. So there's 84 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,120 Speaker 3: still some work to do and sort of setting all 85 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 3: that up to. Yesterday was really about confirming that both 86 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 3: Putin and Selensky want the war to end, and now 87 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 3: it's about the work of trying to figure out how 88 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 3: we get there. 89 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 4: What does that meeting with Zolensky look and feel like 90 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 4: from your perspective? I mean, I'm just kind of curious. 91 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,640 Speaker 4: Are there tons of Ukrainian tons, meaning four or five 92 00:04:15,040 --> 00:04:18,919 Speaker 4: Ukrainian leaders alongside of them? Is it jd Vance, you 93 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:22,280 Speaker 4: and maybe heg Seth and Zolensky? What does a conversation 94 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 4: look like tomorrow in Munich? 95 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:26,280 Speaker 1: Well, I know. 96 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 3: It'll be me and the vice the Vice president and 97 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 3: I and I'm not sure who else. I don't know 98 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 3: if Pete's going to be a part of that, or 99 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 3: he's got a bunch of other things he's working on. 100 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 3: He could be. I mean, he's great, he's doing a 101 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:35,839 Speaker 3: great job. I was just watching him on TV here 102 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 3: a few minutes ago. He's doing phenomenal. And then you 103 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 3: have on the Ukrainian side. My guess is he'd probably 104 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 3: be accompanied by some of his people as well. But yeah, 105 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 3: they come in, they take a bunch of pictures, and 106 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 3: the press walks out, and then we talk about these 107 00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 3: things as we've outlined, and we'll hear their point of view. 108 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 3: And the President talked to Zelenski, actually talked to him 109 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:55,919 Speaker 3: close to forty five minutes. And by the way, some 110 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 3: people say, look how much shorter was The difference is 111 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 3: with Putin have these translators, and it just takes forever 112 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 3: back and forth. You know, a Zelenski speaks a little English. 113 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 3: You know, they're able to talk and communicate more directly, 114 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 3: and it moves a lot faster. So you know, my 115 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 3: sense is it'll be a good meeting, it'll be a 116 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:14,440 Speaker 3: productive meeting, will sort of restate the President's position and 117 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 3: view of this moving forward. We'll hear their input and 118 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 3: they have to be a part of it. Obviously it's 119 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 3: their country, you know, so we're going to be talking 120 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,680 Speaker 3: to them tomorrow. And like I said, now, much of 121 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 3: the stuff to be frank, and I know a lot 122 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:27,520 Speaker 3: of people pretend, but let me just say a lot 123 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 3: of this stuff can't happen in front of cameras and 124 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 3: the press. You know, it's got to be that's not 125 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:32,880 Speaker 3: the way this stuff works. I mean, you have to 126 00:05:32,880 --> 00:05:36,039 Speaker 3: do it in these meetings and private and just walk 127 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 3: through it. Until we have something to announce. That won't 128 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,000 Speaker 3: be tomorrow, obviously, but we have a lot of work ahead. 129 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:44,560 Speaker 2: We're speaking to the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and 130 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:49,039 Speaker 2: mister Secretary, if you could address a little bit of 131 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 2: where you see the Trump administration on Gaza. You know, 132 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 2: the comments that President Trump has made on that recently 133 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 2: get a lot of attention, the possibility of some kind 134 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 2: of rebuilding effort, I know it's very early stage. And 135 00:06:03,320 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 2: then if you would also just transition into what is 136 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 2: the Trump administration framework for the Mideast more broadly in 137 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:12,760 Speaker 2: the next four years, and what are the things that 138 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 2: you're trying to accomplish top of the list. 139 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 3: Well, those two things are related. Let's just talk about 140 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:20,080 Speaker 3: Gaza for a moment. I mean, obviously we've seen what's 141 00:06:20,080 --> 00:06:23,239 Speaker 3: happened there. It looked like that ceasefire might fall apart, 142 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 3: you know, at some point here because Hamas was saying 143 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 3: they weren't going to release the hostages that were scheduled 144 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 3: to be released. Now I see news reports that that's 145 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 3: back on, and that would be good. But ultimately, whenever 146 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,360 Speaker 3: this process ends at some point, then you've got to 147 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,160 Speaker 3: figure out, Okay, what happens with Gaza. So the president 148 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 3: you know, sitting around everybody, you know, all these countries 149 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,320 Speaker 3: say how much they care about the Palestinians, but none 150 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 3: of them want to take any Palestinians. None of them 151 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 3: have a history of doing anything for Gaza in that matter. 152 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 3: And so President says, all right, then this is what 153 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,240 Speaker 3: we're going to do. You know, we'll take it on. 154 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 3: We'll have to move people around. It's the only plan 155 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:57,159 Speaker 3: out there right now. Now. If someone has a better plan, 156 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,560 Speaker 3: and we hope they do, if the Arab countries have 157 00:06:59,560 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 3: a better place, then that's great, and they say they do, 158 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 3: they're going to come up with it. We're going to 159 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 3: look at it, see what it's you know, regarding and 160 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 3: what it does. Obviously, I can tell you that any 161 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 3: plan that leaves Humas there is going to be a 162 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 3: problem because Israel is not going to tolerate it. We're 163 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 3: going to be right back where we were. So but 164 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 3: we're going to give them a chance to come up 165 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 3: with a plan. You know, I think they're working in 166 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 3: good faith and not just to pay for it. By 167 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 3: the way, because it's not just someone's going to have 168 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 3: to go on the ground. I mean Hamas has guns, 169 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 3: they have weapons. Someone has to confront those guys. Who's 170 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 3: that going to be. It's not going to be American soldiers. 171 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 3: If the countries in the region can't figure that peace out, 172 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 3: then Israel is going to have to do it, and 173 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,640 Speaker 3: then we're back to where we've been, you know, So 174 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 3: that doesn't solve the problem. So we're going to give 175 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 3: them time. I know they're getting together. I think they're 176 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:42,240 Speaker 3: meeting in Saudi Arabia in a couple of weeks, and 177 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 3: then they're going to get back to us with a plan. 178 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 3: And it's one of the reasons why I'm traveling after 179 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 3: I leave Germany to the Middle East, to Saudi Arabia, 180 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 3: to the UAE and to Israel to hear from the 181 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,119 Speaker 3: UAE and Saudi Arabia and our our partners. We already 182 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 3: met with the Egyptian We talked to the Egyptians this week, 183 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,680 Speaker 3: We met with the Jordanians this week, and hopefully they're 184 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:03,120 Speaker 3: going to have a really good plan and to present 185 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 3: the president. But right now, the only plan they don't 186 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 3: like it. But the only plan is the is the 187 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,360 Speaker 3: Trump plan. So they've got a better plan, you know, 188 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,720 Speaker 3: now's the time to present it, So we're looking forward 189 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 3: to that. 190 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 4: We're talking to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. You have 191 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 4: served in the Senate for a while, you are an 192 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 4: expert in foreign relations there. What is the difference when 193 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 4: you talk to foreign leaders between Joe Biden as president 194 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 4: and Donald Trump as president? How much different is difference 195 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 4: is it making? And what is the impact in two 196 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 4: fields of war where we're got to cease fire right 197 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,360 Speaker 4: now hopefully it holds in the Middle East, and another 198 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 4: where hopefully one day in the near future we can 199 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 4: get one. And how much has Trump selection changed the 200 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,480 Speaker 4: calculus for foreign leaders? 201 00:08:46,920 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, Biden and Trump not even in the 202 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 3: same universe, right, I mean, not even in the same universe. 203 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 3: I'll give you a great example. So President Trump said, 204 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,880 Speaker 3: you know this hostage thing, you know where these people 205 00:08:55,880 --> 00:08:57,440 Speaker 3: are trickling out and now they're saying they're not going 206 00:08:57,480 --> 00:08:58,800 Speaker 3: to do it. He says, all right, you don't do it, 207 00:08:58,840 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 3: that's fine. If it's not done by Saturday, then all 208 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:02,360 Speaker 3: hell's going to break loose. And all of a sudden, 209 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:05,160 Speaker 3: Hima says, well, we're back on the deals, back on. So, 210 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 3: I mean that's night and day from what we used 211 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 3: to see in the past. I think part of it 212 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 3: is clarity. I mean, he's just very clear. Part of 213 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,920 Speaker 3: it is action, he actually does things. And I think 214 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 3: the other point is that we have a president now 215 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 3: in Donald Trump, who says, like, this is what I'm 216 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:21,520 Speaker 3: going to do, and then he like he does it. 217 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 3: And you know, a lot of these foreign leaders are 218 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:26,080 Speaker 3: used to American diplomacy, where you sort of talk around 219 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 3: issues and use flowery language and you say, well, this 220 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 3: is what we might do, this is what we could do. 221 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 3: Trump doesn't work that way. He kind of says, this 222 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 3: is what I'm going to do, and then he actually 223 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:38,360 Speaker 3: does it, and then there's a shock factor at this point. 224 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 3: But I and to some degree, but ultimately I think 225 00:09:41,520 --> 00:09:44,200 Speaker 3: the reason why you know, he's the only person in 226 00:09:44,200 --> 00:09:46,640 Speaker 3: the world that can end this conflict with Ukraine and Russia, 227 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:48,199 Speaker 3: he's the only person in the world that can serve 228 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 3: as a catalyst for some structure in the Middle East 229 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 3: that prevents just endless cycles of war, is because he 230 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:59,360 Speaker 3: understands the language of how to put deals together, and 231 00:09:59,360 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 3: that's what he's done his whole life. Now he's just 232 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 3: doing from a geopolitical perspective, and he speaks very clearly, 233 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 3: very bluntly, and then he acts. I'm watching on the 234 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:09,120 Speaker 3: news right now. I remember he's They're like, oh, he's 235 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 3: not really going to do tariffs, and he's just announcing 236 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 3: reciprocal tariffs out there. So it's just an enormous advantage 237 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,000 Speaker 3: because from a foreign policy standpoint, there's just a lot 238 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,479 Speaker 3: of clarity of one. When I talk to my foreign counterparts, 239 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,439 Speaker 3: there isn't any ambiguity. They're not wondering what does he 240 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 3: mean or what is he really going to do? No, 241 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 3: they know what he's going to do, and and it 242 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 3: gives this I think it actually makes foreign policy better. 243 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 3: You know, it makes foreign policy better when you're when 244 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 3: you're predictable, when they know what you're going to do 245 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,719 Speaker 3: because you said that's what you're going to do. When 246 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 3: you when you act differently, they countries are all acting 247 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 3: in their own national interests. They'll try to take advantage 248 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,719 Speaker 3: of you. They'll try to, you know, get ahead of you, 249 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 3: they'll try to work around you. You can't do that 250 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 3: with Donald Trump. So I would argue that probably the 251 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 3: best job in Washington right now is to be the 252 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 3: secretary of State for Donald Trump. 253 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 2: Mister Secretary I know you were down in El Salvador 254 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 2: with President Buchalie recently and it's a small country, but 255 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,800 Speaker 2: big lessons and I think could be big implications for 256 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 2: Latin America and honestly for any nation state paying attention. 257 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,440 Speaker 2: Can you just speak to what seems like something of 258 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 2: a miracle that has occurred because of good governance in 259 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,160 Speaker 2: that country and what it means for our relationship, not 260 00:11:18,200 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 2: just with El Salvador, but you know, with the region 261 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:21,240 Speaker 2: with Latin America. 262 00:11:22,920 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I buo Kelly is. First of all, 263 00:11:25,440 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 3: he's a big fan and supporter of the United States 264 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 3: and always has been. The Biden people treated him very poorly, 265 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,120 Speaker 3: very bad. They you know, they treated him very poorly. 266 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 3: They they call them a dictator and an autocrat. Even 267 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 3: though the guy won like ninety percent of the votes. 268 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,719 Speaker 3: Is huge popularity. I mean, the opposition to him and 269 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 3: Al Savadra is like a five percent movement, you know. 270 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 3: And one of the things that made him popular is this. 271 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 3: You know, for twenty years in Al Savada, you couldn't 272 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 3: live you really couldn't. I mean, if you owned this, 273 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 3: let's say you were you had a little small stand 274 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:57,200 Speaker 3: that out in a you know, on a street corner 275 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 3: or something. Every week, some young kid would come up 276 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 3: on a bicycle and you'd have to pay him the 277 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 3: protection money. And if you didn't, then the gangs would 278 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,600 Speaker 3: come and you know, kill your daughter, or kidnap your son, 279 00:12:08,880 --> 00:12:11,320 Speaker 3: or murder your husband or whatever. I mean, that's what 280 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 3: used to happen. You couldn't walk, you couldn't be out 281 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 3: it after six pm at night. You couldn't be out 282 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 3: in the streets of El Salvador. So he went and 283 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 3: he basically wrapped up all these gang members and threw 284 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 3: them all in a big prison that he built by 285 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 3: the way in seven months, and all of a sudden, 286 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,800 Speaker 3: the crime disappeared overnight. It's a completely different country, and 287 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 3: people love it because they can they feel safe. And 288 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:31,719 Speaker 3: that's why he's so popular. He doesn't have to be 289 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:34,839 Speaker 3: an autocrat. He's not because he's popular and so I 290 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 3: think it's a great example. But he's also a good 291 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 3: friend of the United States. He was just treated very badly, 292 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 3: very poorly by the previous administration. But now with President Trump, 293 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 3: he's got an ally and someone we can work with. 294 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 3: And they made very generous offers last week. I mean, 295 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 3: they agreed that Obviously they're going to take all the 296 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 3: MS thirteen people in our country they're from Salar, but 297 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 3: they're also going to take gang members we send them 298 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,840 Speaker 3: like Agua and those guns. And he also offered something 299 00:13:02,840 --> 00:13:04,560 Speaker 3: which you probably won't be able to do just because 300 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 3: of our constitution, but he said, look, if you've got 301 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 3: prisoners from the US and you want to outsource, you know, 302 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 3: the prison system to us, and you want to send 303 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 3: us some really bad guys, we've got room in our 304 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,439 Speaker 3: jails for them as well. So very generous offer on 305 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 3: this part of me. No one's ever offered that, So 306 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 3: I think it just shows he's a very pro American 307 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,679 Speaker 3: president who was treated very poorly by Joe Biden's administration. 308 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:29,319 Speaker 2: And just one more for you, mister secretary on Mexico, 309 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 2: what do we want, what can we expect? What are 310 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 2: the goals for this Trump administration, because that's obviously a 311 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: critical relationship and there's a room for improvement. 312 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, so that deal, I mean that situation is broken 313 00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 3: up into two pieces. One is tariffs and that the 314 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 3: Treasury and Commerce Secretary are going to be handling that. 315 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,319 Speaker 3: And I think how Lutnik will be confirmed here in 316 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 3: a few minutes, and when he is in the Senate, 317 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 3: then hopefully he'll be taking charge of the tariff piece 318 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:56,679 Speaker 3: of it. They're interrelated, but they're separate topics. And then 319 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 3: I'm working with Pam Bondi and christynom on the security 320 00:13:59,320 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 3: piece of it. You know, our interest is we want 321 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,600 Speaker 3: to stop the human trafficking and the migratory trafficking across 322 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 3: the US border. We want the fentanyl to stop, we 323 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 3: want the drugs to stop. We don't want these cartel 324 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,440 Speaker 3: people coming over our border. So we're asking them to 325 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 3: take steps even more steps to stop that from happening. 326 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 3: And they are asking us to help them keep guns 327 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 3: out of the hands of these these cartels. A lot 328 00:14:20,360 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 3: of these cartels they're they're finding ways to buy guns 329 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 3: or whatever in the United States and they come back 330 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 3: the other way. So we're working on a plan with 331 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,000 Speaker 3: them collectively. Right We're going to work together them on 332 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 3: their side of the border, us on our side of 333 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 3: the border, so we can take care of their you know, 334 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 3: their gun running problem, and they can help take care 335 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,560 Speaker 3: of the fentanyl problem and the mass migration problem and 336 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,480 Speaker 3: the cartel problem. And we're looking to our teams are 337 00:14:43,480 --> 00:14:46,560 Speaker 3: talking and hopefully we'll have something positive turn out soon. 338 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 3: And you know, we've got a great team with Christy 339 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 3: and Christy Noman and Pam Bondi and we were talking 340 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 3: to Pama Body yesterday, so we've got a good team. 341 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 3: And the Mexicans have a good team. So we're gonna 342 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 3: we're gonna work on that and I think we're gonna 343 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,440 Speaker 3: have something positive on that front fair soon. 344 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 4: Last question for you, Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, how 345 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 4: awesome was it watching your son score for the Florida 346 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 4: Gators in a bowl game? 347 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:09,800 Speaker 1: Much less serious? 348 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 4: You got a lot of serious things going on in 349 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:14,280 Speaker 4: your life, but that had to be pretty incredible as 350 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 4: a dad. 351 00:15:15,520 --> 00:15:17,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, no, of course it is. Now I'm happy. You 352 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 3: know the best part about that for me, it wasn't 353 00:15:19,560 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 3: the score. I mean, the score is great. He had 354 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 3: other carries. And let me tell you something. What happened 355 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:25,400 Speaker 3: was that they had this big guy des Watson in there, 356 00:15:25,400 --> 00:15:27,920 Speaker 3: and they'd run him a couple of plays earlier, and 357 00:15:27,960 --> 00:15:29,760 Speaker 3: my son said, I know that we get to the 358 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 3: one yard line, they're going to put that guy in 359 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 3: to run it over the goal line to give him 360 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 3: his go away present. So he said, if he saw 361 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 3: that open and he hit that hole so hard he 362 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 3: knew he had to score it. Because I got down 363 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 3: to the one or two, he wasn't going to get 364 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 3: the ball. But my favorite part, honestly, was not the score. 365 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 3: My favorite part was the way his teammates reacted to 366 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 3: see the entire bench come off, and I saw the 367 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:49,760 Speaker 3: flags fly, and I was worried. You know, he had 368 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 3: spiked the bomb, like, oh damn, you know it's gonna 369 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 3: but they called it on the entire Florida bench. The 370 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 3: way his teammates reacted, it shows me that the kid 371 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:59,360 Speaker 3: is a good teammate. He works hard, he has the 372 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 3: respect and of his teammates, and that tells you, I mean, 373 00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:03,440 Speaker 3: that makes you proud. That's what I was the proud 374 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:04,840 Speaker 3: of stuff. To be honest with you, that was where 375 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 3: I was proud of them. 376 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: Well that's a proud dad moment. 377 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 4: I know you're out there busting your ass for the 378 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 4: country on a day to day basis, but it's good 379 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 4: to be a dad and get to celebrate some of 380 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 4: those things. We appreciate you making the time, be safe 381 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 4: on your trips, and we'll talk to you again soon. 382 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:19,520 Speaker 3: Thank you. 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Again, 434 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 2: dial pound two five zero say the keywords clay and buck. 435 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:59,240 Speaker 2: You know it's remarkable, but somehow the libs are not 436 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 2: happy with Elon finding all this fraud, waste center and 437 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 2: abuse of our finances as a country via Doge and 438 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 2: CNN's Paul Bagala still doing his thing all these years. 439 00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:16,879 Speaker 2: CNN's Paul Bagala is I think speaking for the Democrat 440 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 2: mentality pretty well here when he's just crying and whining 441 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,360 Speaker 2: and has to talk about big balls again. Play fourteen 442 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 2: who then. 443 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,159 Speaker 5: Help voted for mister Musk, who the hell voted for? 444 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 5: Excuse the phrase, A guy who calls himself big balls. 445 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:31,880 Speaker 5: A nineteen year old kid going in there and trying 446 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 5: to fire cancer researchers and scientists and teachers and agricultural specialists. 447 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: It's appalling. 448 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 5: And I say again, it is mister Trump's voters who 449 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 5: are far more dependent on government than the Democratic voters. 450 00:19:46,040 --> 00:19:47,000 Speaker 1: The ten states who were. 451 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:49,399 Speaker 5: Like most, for example, on education funding for their schools 452 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,679 Speaker 5: federal funding, all ten voted for mister Trump. 453 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:53,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. 454 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:56,320 Speaker 2: Would you put that aside for a second, because somehow 455 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 2: it is the Democrats that are so upset about the 456 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 2: gravy train ending, But it's Republicans the gravy training. It's nonsense. 457 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 2: Department of Education doesn't fund state level schools. If they 458 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 2: get some grants, it's going to be a something that 459 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 2: could be made up for, I think relatively easily. I mean, 460 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 2: that's put that aside for a moment. Clay, the elon 461 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 2: wasn't elected, so why is he doing what he's doing. 462 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 2: A lot of people in the government aren't elected. There's 463 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 2: a lot there are people who are appointed. They're people 464 00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 2: who just have jobs, right there. A lot of people 465 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 2: have a lot of power without being elected. The most 466 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 2: powerful elected official has brought in somebody who isn't doing 467 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:34,520 Speaker 2: anything on his own. He is merely assisting and advising 468 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 2: the top of the executive branch. 469 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: Like this isn't that hard? 470 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 2: Why don't libs No one's saying, Elon's the president and 471 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 2: he's not acting as the president. But they're just crying 472 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:43,239 Speaker 2: about it. 473 00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 4: They don't know what to do. I think there's just 474 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 4: a panic. Think about what they're simultaneously arguing. Buck They 475 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 4: are saying that Trump is a dictator, which is the 476 00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,520 Speaker 4: argument they've been making since he came down the escalator 477 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 4: in twenty fifteen, and that he is going to destroy 478 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 4: democracy in America. That is argument one. Simultaneously, now they 479 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 4: have pivoted to Trump's not actually the president, Elon is. 480 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,119 Speaker 1: So they are both. 481 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 4: Arguing that Trump is a unique threat to democracy the 482 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 4: likes of which our country has never seen. And also 483 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 4: Trump is so lacking in power that an unelected official 484 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 4: is actually acting as president of the United States. 485 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:25,440 Speaker 1: Which is it like they. 486 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:29,919 Speaker 4: Can't even figure out what their doomsday scenario is and 487 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 4: both can't be true right now. I would point out 488 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,000 Speaker 4: that the connecting tissue here for both of them is 489 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,360 Speaker 4: something that doesn't make sense, which is and I saw 490 00:21:40,359 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 4: a bunch of people pick this up after we talked 491 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:42,800 Speaker 4: about it last week. 492 00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 1: Suddenly it was everywhere. 493 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 4: No one has ever shrunk the size of government while 494 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 4: being a dictator. Right, the whole purpose of dictatorial powers 495 00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 4: is you grab more of power, the government expands, your 496 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,159 Speaker 4: military grows. Like no one is like, hey, you know 497 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,719 Speaker 4: the best thing we can do decrease the amount of 498 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,320 Speaker 4: government size and actually be more efficient. 499 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,240 Speaker 1: Nobody does. That's part to be a dictator. 500 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 2: There was a moment where they were hoping to argue 501 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,240 Speaker 2: that Trump was a dictator during COVID, and and then 502 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 2: it just it faded because he allowed a lot of decisions. 503 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 2: I'm talking early COVID, you know, twenty twenty COVID. He 504 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,120 Speaker 2: allowed a lot of decisions to just be determined by 505 00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,679 Speaker 2: the states, And so the he's a dictator. It's it's 506 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 2: similar to what we're seeing now. He's doing the opposite 507 00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,679 Speaker 2: of dictator stuff. This is the opposite of what somebody 508 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 2: does when they are trying to enforce their will against 509 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:41,080 Speaker 2: your will via state mechanism. They don't fire government employees. 510 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:43,320 Speaker 2: You know what, here's a simple, a simple way to 511 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,280 Speaker 2: go through this. Do you think in the Soviet Union's heyday, 512 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,800 Speaker 2: were there are a lot of KGB and you know, 513 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,439 Speaker 2: secret police officials are very few in East Germany. In 514 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,439 Speaker 2: the Stazi were there are a lot of secret police and 515 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,240 Speaker 2: informers or very few. I mean, you know, just just 516 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 2: to put it in, by the way, there were one 517 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 2: hundred there were over one hundred thousand, I believe secret 518 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 2: informers that they that they had. 519 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 4: Are you a little bit jealous? Are you a little 520 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 4: bit jealous? Like sometimes you look back at history and think, 521 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,440 Speaker 4: that would have been a pretty cool time to live 522 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 4: as a guy who worked in the CIA in the 523 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,280 Speaker 4: pre Cold War, Berlin Wall coming down had to be 524 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 4: an unbelievable time to be in spycraft. 525 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:21,919 Speaker 2: That was really what I mean. The CIA was really 526 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 2: meant for the Cold War. It was built for the 527 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 2: Cold War. Unfortunately, still uses some of that same mentality 528 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 2: and technology. You know, in the intelligence community. If you 529 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,280 Speaker 2: have not seen the movie Clay, have you seen Das 530 00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:36,159 Speaker 2: Leben Derandrin the Lives of Others? 531 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,160 Speaker 1: No? I don't, I've never even heard of it. 532 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 2: Dude, You and Laura, I am telling you. I am 533 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,159 Speaker 2: telling you. I know you're gonna say, buck. It's a 534 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,520 Speaker 2: German language movie with subtitles, Hey, the Lives of Others 535 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 2: it is. 536 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 4: You know you're talking to here, mister German cinema. I mean, 537 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:55,960 Speaker 4: I remember I took Russian cinema classes. I took German cinema. 538 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:56,360 Speaker 1: The Lives. 539 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 2: I thought you were talking about your German rock star doppelganger. 540 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:05,280 Speaker 2: Dusk Travisa yah dos boot guy. 541 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: I bet he plays a mean flute as well. 542 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 2: He shirtless with tattoos. 543 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:10,760 Speaker 1: He's played a flute up there. 544 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 2: Whatever that guy's name is from, Like the German American 545 00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 2: idol that looks just like you. 546 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 1: My doppelganger. 547 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 4: For people who are new that someone discovered that I 548 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 4: had a German musician rocker doppelganger. 549 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,560 Speaker 2: And I spend a lot of time looking at Clay's face, 550 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:27,440 Speaker 2: and I'll be honest with you, I was like, Wow, 551 00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 2: Clay has like this whole he's moonlighting as a German 552 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 2: rock star, Like it looks so much like him that 553 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 2: I didn't know what was going on. I thought it 554 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,600 Speaker 2: was maybe Ai, But it's real. The Lives of others, though, 555 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,720 Speaker 2: I am telling you are they're just It's staff says 556 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 2: it's one of the all time favorite movies. 557 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 1: Clay. 558 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 2: It is a ten out of ten. It is a 559 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 2: great watch. It is about it's so good about the 560 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:56,560 Speaker 2: surveillance state, about autocracy, and about the human desire for 561 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,640 Speaker 2: freedom and love and creativity. It is and I think 562 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 2: you were I would really enjoy it. It does have subtitles. 563 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,120 Speaker 2: But also when you're watching a movie about a police 564 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 2: state and they're speaking in German, I'm just gonna say 565 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 2: this adds a little authenticity. You hear the German and 566 00:25:12,520 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 2: you're like, oh, oh man, that sounds pretty intense. So 567 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 2: it's a really really good movie that you should add, 568 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,760 Speaker 2: like for a movie night with you guys if you 569 00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 2: get you know, snowed in sometime top of the list. 570 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 4: You know what we're doing tonight Cobra Kai Season six, 571 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,679 Speaker 4: final five episodes. The Whole Travis Family is locked and 572 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 4: loaded tonight to watch all five. So that is on 573 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,679 Speaker 4: the calendar watching. You're doing the whole they're doing the 574 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 4: whole thing, well, the last five episodes, so it's probably 575 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 4: like two and a half hours, Like that's. 576 00:25:42,119 --> 00:25:44,440 Speaker 1: What I mean. But you're doing five episodes, right, Oh yeah, yeah, 577 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:44,800 Speaker 1: I'm fine. 578 00:25:44,840 --> 00:25:47,400 Speaker 4: Boom boom boom, Whole Travis Family. All three boys were 579 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,080 Speaker 4: watching We Love it. By the way, Senator Ron Johnson 580 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 4: in Wisconsin, our buddy's supposed to join us. He texted, 581 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 4: he is locked and loaded. They are swearing in RFK Junior. 582 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 4: We will get him rescheduled. A lot of these guys 583 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,400 Speaker 4: and gals that we have on the show. I said 584 00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:05,919 Speaker 4: this yesterday. They have the schedule and then everything is 585 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:10,040 Speaker 4: moving so rapidly suddenly in DC that they are running 586 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 4: into conflict. So we will get people on. Sometimes we'll say, Hey, 587 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 4: this guy or this gal is going to be a guest, 588 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 4: and then something happens. Just FYI will get Senator Ron 589 00:26:19,280 --> 00:26:23,720 Speaker 4: Johnson on either Tomorrow for Valentine's Day Valentine's Day Eve, 590 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 4: by the way, for anybody out there that has not 591 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 4: been paying attention to the calendar and doesn't want to 592 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 4: walk into a buzz saw tomorrow when you happen to recognize, uh, oh, 593 00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 4: it's Valentine's Day. Buck, You're going to find this out 594 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,919 Speaker 4: as soon as you have a kid, which is going 595 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:39,919 Speaker 4: to be in a couple of months. 596 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:42,200 Speaker 1: You haven't even thought about this yet. 597 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:47,640 Speaker 4: You're not just responsible for Mother's Day for your own mom. 598 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,360 Speaker 4: All of a sudden, you now are double Mother's Day 599 00:26:51,560 --> 00:26:53,679 Speaker 4: and this kid is not going to be responsible for 600 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:56,600 Speaker 4: his own Mother's Day till like twelve or thirteen, and 601 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 4: it is go time. And I didn't know what I 602 00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 4: was walking into with this. I didn't just didn't think 603 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,880 Speaker 4: about it. You've got your own mom and now you've 604 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 4: got your wife, and the kids are too young, they're 605 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,919 Speaker 4: not they're not responsible for themselves. Yet you have to 606 00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 4: now cover Mother's Day. And Mother's Day is a lot 607 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,960 Speaker 4: more important than Father's Day. I'm just like, it's like 608 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 4: twenty War Day to Father's Day. Given yourself professed lack 609 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 4: of culinary skill and total who makes like the scrambled eggs, 610 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:30,400 Speaker 4: toast and uh and bacon on Mother's Day? 611 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: For for Laura in the household. 612 00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:34,919 Speaker 4: Well, that has never happened, so you know, she's not 613 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,439 Speaker 4: a very fortunate woman in that respect. Uh, dinner is 614 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 4: often purchased, and uh. 615 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 1: Okay, dinner is very often purchased. 616 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:49,240 Speaker 4: Occasionally you might get out to Dunkin Donuts for some 617 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 4: donuts and uh yeah, the the morning breakfast is not 618 00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:57,560 Speaker 4: a staple of of my repertoire. There's a lot of 619 00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 4: things that are not staples of my repertoire. Cooking the 620 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,920 Speaker 4: morning certainly not one of them. If you can't make 621 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 4: it with a toaster or a microwave, it is beyond 622 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,000 Speaker 4: my culinary skill. 623 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: Good to know or it does. 624 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 4: I can also handle things that don't need either of those, 625 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 4: So like meet on, like a sandwich, I can make 626 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:20,040 Speaker 4: a killer sandwich. 627 00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 2: And now I would just point out that for all 628 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 2: of you, we've given you a Friday night movie watch 629 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 2: if you would like, so that's very exciting. You can 630 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 2: always also go to Clayanbuck dot com and listen to 631 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 2: any of the podcasts of the Clay and Buck Show 632 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,480 Speaker 2: that we put up there over the weekend. We have 633 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 2: all kinds of exciting stuff going on. I wanted to 634 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 2: just take a moment here, Clay. You know, Tulsi Gabbard 635 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 2: has gotten through RFK, has gotten through this cut sixteen. 636 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 2: Here is Tulsi telling everybody just how pleased and grateful 637 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 2: she is to be in a position to help at 638 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 2: the as DN I play it. 639 00:28:56,480 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 6: The American people have very little trust in the intelligence community, 640 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,040 Speaker 6: largely because they've seen the weaponization and politicization of an 641 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 6: entity that is supposed to be purely focused on ensuring 642 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,480 Speaker 6: our national security. So I look forward to being able 643 00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 6: to help fulfill that mandate that the American people delivered 644 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:19,760 Speaker 6: to you very clearly in this election, to refocus our 645 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:23,680 Speaker 6: intelligence community by empowering the great patriots who have chosen 646 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,120 Speaker 6: to serve our country in this way and focus on 647 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:29,600 Speaker 6: ensuring the safety, security, and freedom of the American people. 648 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:33,040 Speaker 2: So I'm going to put this out there, Clay, because 649 00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,280 Speaker 2: we know Tulsi. We're very happy for I think she's 650 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 2: a patriot and going to do a great job in 651 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,320 Speaker 2: this role. Even when she just to be clear, even 652 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 2: when she was a Democrat, it was clear that she 653 00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:45,400 Speaker 2: loved her country and didn't hate Republicans, which was really 654 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 2: That was when I was like, I don't know how 655 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 2: long she's gonna last in this Democrat party. 656 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,320 Speaker 1: I remember what she was running. I was like, Ah, 657 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 1: she's a little too patriotic. He likes Republicans a little 658 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 1: too much. 659 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 2: You know, you got to sort of hate America and 660 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:59,040 Speaker 2: Republicans to be a really, you know, really top tier Democrat. 661 00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 2: But I would put this out there, Clay for her. 662 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,560 Speaker 2: In particular, I think one of the things that she 663 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 2: could do as D and I, she should do all 664 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 2: she can the D and I Director of National Intelligence. 665 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:11,080 Speaker 1: It's supposed to be. 666 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 2: A co coordinator role among the community. I would offer 667 00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:18,680 Speaker 2: to you, and I spent years in this community, so 668 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,520 Speaker 2: I know I know about how it actually functions in 669 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 2: some ways. I think that she should do this until 670 00:30:25,600 --> 00:30:27,160 Speaker 2: she's done all that she can, and then she should 671 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 2: say we should go back and cut. I think the 672 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 2: D and I should cease to exist as a position 673 00:30:34,840 --> 00:30:38,520 Speaker 2: and as an office. I think that the National counter 674 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 2: Terrorism Center NCTC should no longer like all this stuff 675 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 2: that was done post nine to eleven, with this enormous 676 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 2: infusion of cash that came in because we had failed. 677 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 2: So the intelligent community failed so badly and got so 678 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 2: much money. The intelligence community could be paired back dramatically, 679 00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 2: dramatic there are here's the thing. People go, oh, abolish, No, 680 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:01,800 Speaker 2: you can and abolish. If you you will be at 681 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 2: the mercy of foreign intelligence adversaries. If you do not, 682 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,240 Speaker 2: you know, this would be like saying it's like almost 683 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 2: abolished police or abolish the military. 684 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 1: It's insane. 685 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 2: You do need an intelligence capacity, both counterintelligence and offensive 686 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 2: intelligence gathering operations, So you need that. You know, the 687 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,680 Speaker 2: NSA is vast for example, I mean, you need this capability, 688 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 2: but there's so much bloat, and I would argue that 689 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 2: the and I job itself has become a symptom of 690 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 2: that bloat. And NCTC there's like seventeen intell agencies now 691 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 2: Clay seventeen. Yeah, and they all have again fire half 692 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 2: the people everywhere. Tomorrow's Valentine's Day, Buck, I said, tonight, 693 00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:49,280 Speaker 2: I'm going to be sitting around watching Cobra Kai that's 694 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:53,680 Speaker 2: the Netflix series that follows Karate Kid. We're going to 695 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 2: be also eating some good Ranchers steaks. And I know 696 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,000 Speaker 2: you have this. I have been beating my boys. 697 00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:04,200 Speaker 4: Look, I got three boys, and if you have three, 698 00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 4: two of them are teenagers. 699 00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 1: The amount of. 700 00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 4: Food that they can consume is I mean, they're like 701 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,479 Speaker 4: a horde of beast when they come running through the kitchen. 702 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,720 Speaker 4: I mean they are growing fast. If you have teenage boys, 703 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 4: you know what I'm talking about, just voluminous amounts of food. 704 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:25,640 Speaker 4: They love these good Rancher steaks. And also, Buck, you 705 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 4: love these. My ten year old, my fourth grader. Every 706 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 4: kid loves chicken nuggets. These are amazing chicken nuggets. They 707 00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 4: are fabulous, all very healthy, made right in the good 708 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:42,240 Speaker 4: old USA. Comes to your house you can get meat, 709 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 4: you can get seafood, you can get chicken. They have 710 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:49,640 Speaker 4: got so many great products free from antibiotics, added hormone, 711 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,560 Speaker 4: seed oils. When you order your meat and chicken, Yeah, 712 00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,360 Speaker 4: it's great. I want to say, I was so blown 713 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 4: away by those chicken nugs. First all, the quality of 714 00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,000 Speaker 4: the steaks is the best steakhouse. 715 00:32:58,040 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 3: You know. 716 00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: The meat is at that level. 717 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,400 Speaker 2: Or better, depends on where you are and how good 718 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,640 Speaker 2: the steakhouses are, and you can make it at home. 719 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 2: And it's just it's delicious. I mean, I think I 720 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 2: can make a better steak now here, and Carrie agrees 721 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:10,760 Speaker 2: with me. So to my brothers they come over for 722 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:12,880 Speaker 2: steak night because of good ranchers. Then we can get 723 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 2: anywhere here in Miami with there some pretty good steaks. 724 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 2: I'll throw this out there though. Those chicken nuggets play. 725 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:19,840 Speaker 2: I had to tell the CEO of the company, the 726 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:21,400 Speaker 2: founder of the company is a great guy. I was like, 727 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:24,600 Speaker 2: I'm being completely serious with you. I love chicken nuggets. 728 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,360 Speaker 2: It's been one of my things, one of my weaknesses. 729 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 2: Like these are the actual best chicken nuggets I've ever had, 730 00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:30,960 Speaker 2: no question. 731 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 4: It is fabulous. Buck did say that he was like. 732 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,520 Speaker 4: He actually turned to me and he was like, how 733 00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,360 Speaker 4: old is Buck? He could be any age between twenty 734 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 4: seven and fifty four. 735 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,160 Speaker 1: Which was did I tell you that? The zeo asked 736 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: me that. I mean a couple million of our friends 737 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:48,320 Speaker 1: found out. Yeah, well, we were. 738 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 4: Sitting at dinner. He was like, I have no idea 739 00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:51,520 Speaker 4: how old he is. He could be twenty seven, he 740 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 4: could be fifty four. I have no earthly idea. And 741 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:56,880 Speaker 4: when you told him you love chicken nuggets, he was like, 742 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:00,280 Speaker 4: I think he might be sixteen. And so you are 743 00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 4: gonna love the chicken nuggets, You're gonna love the steaks, 744 00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:04,680 Speaker 4: You're gonna love the salmon. You're gonna get hooked up 745 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,120 Speaker 4: right now, and you can get twenty five dollars off 746 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 4: with my name Clay as the promo code. If you 747 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 4: go to good ranchers dot com promo code Clay Shop 748 00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:19,200 Speaker 4: subscribe stand with American farms and ranchers. Good Ranchers, It's 749 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 4: American meat delivered Good Ranchers dot Com my name Clay 750 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:28,800 Speaker 4: for twenty five bucks off. Keep up with the biggest 751 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 4: political comeback in world history on the Team forty seven podcast. 752 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,800 Speaker 1: Playin Buck Highlight Trump Free plays from the week Sundays 753 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 1: at noon Eastern. 754 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,799 Speaker 4: Find it on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get 755 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:45,439 Speaker 4: your podcasts. Welcome back in Clay, Travis buck Sexton Show. 756 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 4: Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. All right, 757 00:34:47,560 --> 00:34:51,239 Speaker 4: Copra Kai time Buck. I cannot wait. I am ecstatic. 758 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:51,680 Speaker 1: I know. 759 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 4: Uh, it's amazing to me how much time kids get 760 00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 4: off from school. Now, did you ever get a midwinter break? 761 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 4: It's mid winter break season, so my kids don't have 762 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 4: school on Friday or Monday. This is like, obviously Monday 763 00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:10,400 Speaker 4: we'll be here, but Monday is President's Day. And it 764 00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 4: feels like we just keep stacking more and more holidays 765 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:15,000 Speaker 4: so my kids get home. That's one reason we're watching 766 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,959 Speaker 4: on Thursday. It also drops today in advance of Valentine's Day. 767 00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,840 Speaker 4: But it's kind of amazing how many new holidays I 768 00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 4: feel like end up on the school calendar that I 769 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,680 Speaker 4: don't remember getting. We certainly didn't get a fall break 770 00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:30,759 Speaker 4: back in the day, we got spring break. 771 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 1: Now everything just keeps getting added on. 772 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:35,640 Speaker 2: Can you also tell me that just you're gonna make 773 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:37,320 Speaker 2: me feel like this is all gonna be okay? 774 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:37,680 Speaker 1: Clay. 775 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,400 Speaker 2: People are starting to ask me like, hey, like, have 776 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 2: you tried out the G seven hundred stroller? I don't, 777 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,719 Speaker 2: And I'm like, I have no earthly idea what any 778 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:51,759 Speaker 2: of you were talking about. But I guess once I 779 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 2: am a parent, I will learn these things right because 780 00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:56,439 Speaker 2: the other parents in my life they speak this other 781 00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 2: language of kids stuff. I have no idea what they're 782 00:35:59,080 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 2: talking about. 783 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:03,760 Speaker 4: I'm gonna just tell you this, get help right now, 784 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,880 Speaker 4: and go ahead and get the car seat in. I'm 785 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,600 Speaker 4: every dad out there that has ever been tasked with 786 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 4: trying to get a car seat in a car. It's 787 00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 4: virtually impossible. Some cars may be a little bit easier 788 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 4: to hook into than others for first dads, especially in 789 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,359 Speaker 4: Miami buck where it's gonna be like one hundred and. 790 00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,120 Speaker 1: Eighty eighty degrease. 791 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,600 Speaker 4: You're gonna be laid out in the back of your 792 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,839 Speaker 4: car trying to get this thing fastened, and you are 793 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 4: going to be ready to commit homicide. That it's the 794 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,839 Speaker 4: number one advice for you. Just expected the car seat 795 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:42,400 Speaker 4: process to be awful. Every dad knows what I'm talking about. 796 00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:44,959 Speaker 4: I got blindsided, no idea what I was walking into. 797 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:47,160 Speaker 4: We'll be back tomorrow. Valentine's Day, eve