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 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome back in Clay Travis buck Sexton Show. 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: Rolling into our number two of the Wednesday edition, had 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,800 Speaker 1: to think different. It's already been a big week. We 5 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: were down in mar Lago yesterday. Encourage you to go 6 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,560 Speaker 1: listen to the full interview with President Trump. And I 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: want to say this, all of the attention in the 8 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: media as they have tried to twist the president's words around, 9 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:32,879 Speaker 1: forty five's words around as it pertains to Ukraine and Putin, 10 00:00:33,800 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: but the biggest story to me remains China, because whatever 11 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: happens with Ukraine, it is an issue potentially in Eastern Europe. 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: But even today, as I'm sitting and looking at the 13 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,680 Speaker 1: stock market, for instance, the stock market, even in the 14 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: wake of the invasion not really moving that much one 15 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: hundred point move one way or the other. So far today, 16 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: the general economic fallout from whatever happens in Ukraine for 17 00:01:07,720 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: the United States relatively muted. That seems to be the 18 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:16,400 Speaker 1: overall consensus belief. Now, certainly consensus belief has been wrong 19 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: about a lot over the past several years, but in 20 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: general Ukraine is not going to change the overall geopolitical 21 00:01:26,200 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: landscape of the United States or other major powers. What 22 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 1: could buck And We've been talking about this for a 23 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,679 Speaker 1: while because I think it's wildly underdiscussed. What could is. 24 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: We already saw China take Hong Kong without firing a shot, 25 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: just ended democracy in Hong Kong. And now it seems 26 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:52,720 Speaker 1: as if China is using the proxy war going on 27 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 1: right now between Ukraine and Russia as a potential prelude 28 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: to figuring out how the Biden administration might respond should 29 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 1: they decide to invade Taiwan. And that is actually, I think, 30 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: by far the most interesting thing that President Trump said 31 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: to us, because obviously he knows Putin well, he knows 32 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: Zee well in terms of the relationships between China and Russia. 33 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 1: Here is what he said when we asked and he 34 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: talked about Taiwan in the context of Ukraine. Listen to this. 35 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,679 Speaker 1: I knew that he always wanted Ukraine. I used to 36 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,960 Speaker 1: talk to him about it. I said, you can't do it, 37 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:34,280 Speaker 1: You're not going to do it, but I could see 38 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: that he wanted it, and I used to ask him. 39 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:39,280 Speaker 1: We used to talk about it at length. I think 40 00:02:39,320 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 1: nobody probably knows him better in terms of the discussions 41 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 1: that we have were that we're having this morning. So 42 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 1: I knew him very well. I got to know him. 43 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,440 Speaker 1: I got to know President She by the way, China 44 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: is gonna be next. She knows China's gonna think they're 45 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: gonna go after Taiwan. Oh absolutely not with me, they 46 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: wouldn't have. But you think with Biden nel Troy, if 47 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: they're waiting till after the Olympics. Now the Olympics ended, 48 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: and look at your stop what No's he wants that? 49 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,640 Speaker 1: Just like it's almost like twin sisters right here, because 50 00:03:05,639 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: you have one that once to want I think equally badly. 51 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: Somebody said, who wants it more? I think probably equally badly. 52 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 1: But No, Putin would have never done it, and she 53 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,119 Speaker 1: would have never done it. And also North Korea has 54 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: not acted up for four years. Okay, so buck this 55 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:26,560 Speaker 1: to me again. You can not like the president and Trump, 56 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: and certainly there's lots of people out there who don't. 57 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: But I think what he got very little credit for 58 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: is this a guy who's done deals his whole life. 59 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: He has to sit across the table and size people up, 60 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: figure out what they want. What he can give them 61 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: what they can give him, and somehow come to a deal. 62 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: Right the art of the deal. Trump was written entire 63 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: books about it, and I think he does a pretty 64 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: good job of sizing people up if he is correct 65 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: to your buck. As big of an issue as Ukraine is, 66 00:03:58,360 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 1: Taiwan is you Kraine on ten twenty one hundredfold importance 67 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: when you consider semiconductors the South China see impact. What 68 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:13,200 Speaker 1: we would do Taiwan economically is a far bigger story 69 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,280 Speaker 1: than what might happen in Ukraine. And the Chinese Communist 70 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: Party has always maintained and just recently said that Taiwan 71 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: is a part of Yes. Right, this has been there, 72 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: that has been their official and we have a policy 73 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 1: of strategic ambiguity. You start to line up some of 74 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:36,080 Speaker 1: the similarities here. We promised in the Budapest Memorandum when 75 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:39,160 Speaker 1: Ukraine was going to and did give up its nuclear 76 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: weapons because it inherited them at the fall of the 77 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:45,480 Speaker 1: Soviet Union. Essentially we said, and the uk did, and 78 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: of course Russia did, that we would protect them, but 79 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:52,560 Speaker 1: not a part of NATO, So not the same level 80 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: of contract, if you will, not the same level of 81 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 1: investment in in their security and with th want we 82 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:04,119 Speaker 1: have the strategic ambiguity of well, maybe we would do something, 83 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 1: maybe we wouldn't do something. Right now, what's happening in 84 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: response to our sanctions, It's already occurring, And let's just 85 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: understand this. There's gonna be a lot of moralizing from 86 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: Democrats about this, and I we're talking about how awful 87 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,760 Speaker 1: Putin is, and yeah, he's a bad guy. There are 88 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: a lot of bad people that run countries all over 89 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: the world. Putin's particularly bad because his country is a 90 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 1: trillion dollar plus economy. I think maybe it's getting closer 91 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: to futurely in now and has a lot of nukes 92 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: and a pretty serious military. So he's a bigger concern, 93 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 1: no question, than some tinpot dictator that has a country 94 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 1: with barely an armed forces. I get, we all understand that, 95 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: but when you're adding China into the mix here, you 96 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: also see how that affects the sanctions regime. The idea 97 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,000 Speaker 1: that we're going to have enough economic impact on Russia 98 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: to change the calculation is just silly. It's just not 99 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,640 Speaker 1: going to happen. So we're gonna hear. You know, Biden 100 00:05:54,680 --> 00:05:56,800 Speaker 1: gave that speech yesterday, Clay while we were all on 101 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: air and right after we had spoken to former President Trump. 102 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: And I also want to point out I mean Biden 103 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 1: sound it sounded almost like gibberish when he was reading 104 00:06:06,440 --> 00:06:08,800 Speaker 1: it off a prompter. I mean, it sounded like he 105 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 1: was running late for some other engagement. He's like, right A, 106 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: we are, We're gonna no Russia Ukrainian stuff, blah blass sanctions, 107 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,839 Speaker 1: keep going and keep going. You know, this is like 108 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: me when I run through prompter reads and I don't 109 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: have time before I actually go on air. That's what 110 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: the Commander in chief said, Here, here we go, China stuff, Russia, 111 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: you don't do this. Democracy principles blah blah blah, you 112 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:35,320 Speaker 1: know stuff. You know, that was the way that he 113 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 1: gave his speech yesterday, which clearly isn't gonna do a 114 00:06:38,400 --> 00:06:42,159 Speaker 1: darn thing about anything. And then you have the turn 115 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:45,719 Speaker 1: towards China that's already occurring by Russia. In response. Guess 116 00:06:45,760 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. Russia and China are doing a closer 117 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: and there's gonna be more business done, there's gonna be 118 00:06:50,680 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: more economic activity, that relationship will strengthen, and so the 119 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 1: possibility of and to your credit, you brought this up 120 00:06:57,800 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 1: and we discussed this on the show many months ago. 121 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:03,400 Speaker 1: A one two punch here of Russia. What does Russia 122 00:07:03,440 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: want more than anything in terms of territory at this point? Ukraine? Right, 123 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: that's I read the entire translation of Putin's speech, or 124 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: it's a long speech where he lays out the whole 125 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 1: Ukraine was part of Russia. It was the Soviets, it 126 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: was the Lenin extremists who said that it couldn't be 127 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: part of and they were dealing with nationalism. It was 128 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: a long speech that Putin gave, invoking his historical and 129 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,400 Speaker 1: contextual current contextual justification for this. By the way, I 130 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: don't agree with that. I'm out of doors there. I'm saying. 131 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 1: I read it so I could understand it. China feels 132 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 1: even more dedicated to taking Taiwan than Russia does to 133 00:07:41,960 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: taking Ukraine, I think, And so we are entering a 134 00:07:45,520 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: dangerous period here. The sanctions aren't going to do anything. 135 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: We're not going to do anything militarily, I think. And 136 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 1: I also point out I believe that's the right move. 137 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 1: What would we do, Clay if China moved on Taiwan? 138 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: What I mean, people need to really think about that. 139 00:07:59,520 --> 00:08:02,800 Speaker 1: Do we want a war in the South China seed? 140 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: Do we want a war around Taiwan? Do we want 141 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: a war off the coast that could expand very rapidly 142 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: over an island that Yes, there's a lot of strategic importance. 143 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: You pointed out the semiconductors. You pointed out this is 144 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: a democracy. There's are we gonna start going to war 145 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: for other democracies around the World's that's a question people 146 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 1: are going to be considering. I think in the months 147 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: and years ahead. I don't think there's any doubt. And 148 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: what Japan wants, what Korea want factor in here in 149 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,760 Speaker 1: a big way. And you mentioned and this is becoming 150 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: a big story, the friendship between Russia and China, or 151 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: at least a strategic partnership, if friendship is too strong 152 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,280 Speaker 1: of a word. This is a story that's out right now. 153 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: The main editor of the Chinese news agency said that 154 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: he wants his country to be careful when they cover 155 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:02,600 Speaker 1: this Russia Ukraine incident because this accidentally got published online 156 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: for all the journalists to see in the rest of 157 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 1: the world. But these were the instructions Chinese journalists were 158 00:09:09,559 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 1: being given. This is a translation in the future China 159 00:09:13,360 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 1: will need Russia's understanding and support when wrestling with America 160 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,400 Speaker 1: to solve the Taiwan issue once and for all. He 161 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:29,319 Speaker 1: said it quote doesn't hurt to use moderately pro Russia language, 162 00:09:29,760 --> 00:09:33,719 Speaker 1: and that he wanted China to back Russia up. This 163 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: is a quote with emotional and moral support while refraining 164 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: from treading on the toes of the United States and 165 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:46,679 Speaker 1: the European Union. And so they are using all of 166 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: these Ukraine stories as an opportunity to test the United 167 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: States and see whether or not now is the time 168 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 1: for China to go after Taiwan once and for all. 169 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 1: And so biden weakness, whether you voted for him or not, 170 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: could end up costing all of us because they don't 171 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 1: trust his ability to respond to this in China or 172 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 1: in Russia. It's also the case that if Biden feels 173 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 1: like he has very little political capital and the economy, 174 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 1: the US economy is in particularly rough shape, do you 175 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: think that he's going to make wise decisions one way 176 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,680 Speaker 1: or the other if there is a major provocation from China. 177 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:32,400 Speaker 1: And also look at the way Russia is playing this. 178 00:10:32,640 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: Russia used the separatist provinces quote unquote separatist provinces whatever 179 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:41,960 Speaker 1: you want to call them, of South Ossetia and Abkhazia 180 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,360 Speaker 1: in Georgia back in two thousand and eight into two 181 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 1: thousand and nine, when there's a transition from Bush to 182 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: Obama as the playbook, and we are now seeing that 183 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: playbook on a much bigger scale in Ukraine. Very similar. 184 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 1: But the way that the media narrative is formed around 185 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 1: this clay and the response of Western nations, you know, 186 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: a lot a lot of tough talk from natoo, oh, 187 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 1: we're bolstering NATO. Okay, well, Putin's not invading a NATO country, 188 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: so you know, I mean, that's not really going to 189 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 1: do very much. I think China watches all of this 190 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: and gets to see, all right, how does the West, 191 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: how do the democracies, the unified democracies of the world 192 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: respond to a major military incident like this. A lot 193 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:21,719 Speaker 1: of tough talk, a lot of people going on the 194 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 1: you know, Median prime time, pounding their chest about how 195 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: we need to stand for our principles in Ukraine, But 196 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: what does that even mean? And I think China's watching 197 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,439 Speaker 1: this and learning lessons that may well be applied if 198 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 1: they decide to go after Taiwan, which a lot of 199 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 1: people I know who are China watchers, as we would 200 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: say the intel community. I mean, that's their primary area 201 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 1: of responsibility. 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We were just 235 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 1: talking to you about whether Taiwan could also become an 236 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: area of conflict in the weeks months ahead. Who knows, 237 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:52,600 Speaker 1: as if we asked President Trump about it yesterday, he 238 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: says that he is concerned about this and it certainly 239 00:13:55,520 --> 00:13:58,440 Speaker 1: would be something that if you look at this from 240 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: the context of the Communist Party, would make some sense 241 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: as a possibility. But I mentioned you also that Biden 242 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: gave a speech yesterday we were on air. We didn't 243 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: want to go to it live, we wanted to And 244 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 1: I also told you, and I mean this, it really 245 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:18,199 Speaker 1: did feel like he was having kind of a Ron 246 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:20,920 Speaker 1: Burgundy moment for those of you who are Anchorman fans, 247 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,600 Speaker 1: or some points where he kind of just cab riding 248 00:14:23,760 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 1: off the prompter like it wasn't it doesn't really matter 249 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 1: what he's saying. I am Ron Burgundy. He just was muttering. 250 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: He seemed almost an entirely present instead of just my 251 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 1: version of it. Here's just a portion of yesterday play it. 252 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 1: Who in the Lord's name does putin think gives him 253 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: the right to declare new so called countries on territory 254 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 1: that belonged to his neighbors just a flagrant violation of 255 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: international law and demands a firm response from the international community. 256 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: Over the last few months, we've coordinated closely with our 257 00:14:58,280 --> 00:15:01,400 Speaker 1: NATO allies and partners in Europe and around the world 258 00:15:01,440 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 1: to prepare that response. We showed it along and I've 259 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 1: told putin into his face a month more than a 260 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: month ago that we would act together. And the moment 261 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: Russia moved against Ukraine, Russia has now undeniably moved against 262 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 1: Ukraine by declaring these independent states. So today I'm announcing 263 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: the first tranche of sanctions to impost cost on Russia 264 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: in response to their actions yesterday. And this really he's 265 00:15:30,040 --> 00:15:32,560 Speaker 1: kind of going through the motions, like you know, he 266 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: knows it's not really going to do anything. He didn't. 267 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 1: He wasn't even doing the usual Biden yelling stuff. You know, 268 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: you and I I think, more so than the audience 269 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: probably can tell when somebody's telepromptering something. And if you've 270 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 1: ever set down, I know most people haven't, because before 271 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: I started doing television, I had no earthly idea. But 272 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: if you've ever set down and read off of a 273 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 1: teleprompter or tried to get better at reading off a 274 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: teleprompter and following the guidelines and everything else, buck, it 275 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 1: appears to me that Biden has progressed beyond where they 276 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: can ever trust him, to the point where he's not 277 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 1: even able to read very well off the prompter, which 278 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: is honestly, it's kind of terrifying because we all know 279 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: and have wondered who are making the decisions inside of 280 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 1: the Biden White House now? But he reads this stuff 281 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 1: now like it's a terrorist video. I mean, I watched 282 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,800 Speaker 1: him read some of this, and it feels as if 283 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: he is struggling so hard to just follow and read 284 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,800 Speaker 1: what is showing up on the screen in front of him. 285 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,280 Speaker 1: And as you heard during those clips, he's not even 286 00:16:42,320 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 1: doing a very good job of reading at this point. 287 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 1: It just feels like he is somewhat disconnected from all 288 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 1: this because it's going so poorly. And there's you know, 289 00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: Joe Biden's a guy who got used to being vice 290 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:57,240 Speaker 1: president for eight years under Obama, where he really just 291 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,600 Speaker 1: had to show up. Now it matters what he's sounds like, 292 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: what he says, what the decisions are, whatever decisions he makes. 293 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: I know, there's a lot of questions around who really 294 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 1: does make the decisions in this White House? But this 295 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: is this is going very poorly, and this is a 296 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 1: guy who isn't at a place, honestly, in terms of 297 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 1: his cognition and his energy and his overall health. He's 298 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: not in a place where he should be in this role, 299 00:17:22,520 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: which is clear along. Just remember, folks, they were they 300 00:17:24,840 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 1: were trying to have constant news cycles about twenty fifth 301 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:32,600 Speaker 1: Amendment under the Trump administration. Remember this, Donald Trump would 302 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 1: go out and do two three hour long Riley's off 303 00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: the cuff to crowds that were absolutely fired up and 304 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: was saying funny things and insightful things. Joe Biden shows up, 305 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: squints into the camera, mutters some nonsense, and the Democrats 306 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: all say, oh so much, so much relief from having 307 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: somebody who's an adult in the room. They're just unserious people, Clay, 308 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: and in serious times, that's the problem. There is some 309 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,160 Speaker 1: good news out of New York, however, in the fight 310 00:17:58,200 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 1: against prowood that we want to bring you back to it. 311 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,280 Speaker 1: We got good news, folks. We'll tell you about it 312 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,520 Speaker 1: coming up here in just a few minutes. You got 313 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: to stick around with us for that one and looking 314 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:11,360 Speaker 1: forward to are going to be discussing that and it's 315 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: going to be coming up for all of us here. 316 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: And in the meantime, Clay, what do you got for 317 00:18:17,640 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: us here? My friend? You got one for us? Yeah, 318 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: I think buck, as we roll through and get hooked 319 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: up with the way everything is going that this is 320 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: going to be one of those times where you need 321 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 1: to get hooked up right now with American financing. You 322 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,719 Speaker 1: can call them at eight hundred seven seven seven eighty 323 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: one oh nine. You can say thousands or potentially tens 324 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: of thousands over the life of the deal. All you 325 00:18:42,720 --> 00:18:45,280 Speaker 1: have to do is call them at seven seven seven 326 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: eighty one oh nine one more time. That's eight hundred 327 00:18:48,440 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 1: seven seven seven eighty one oh nine. Get your financial 328 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,359 Speaker 1: house in order. Now you will be glad that you 329 00:18:54,440 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: did call them today. Was welcome back into the Clay 330 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: Travis and Buck Sexton Show. We've been trying to update 331 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 1: you as we go here in recent weeks on how 332 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: suddenly the science has changed, the politics has changed actually 333 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: as we all know. But you have COVID restrictions disappearing 334 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: in places, including places where they've had higher levels of 335 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: COVID spread than they did a year ago when many 336 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 1: of these restrictions were either extended or strengthened or whatever. 337 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 1: And so you recognize now we're seeing now that the 338 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 1: people that were telling you to mask up, the people 339 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:40,720 Speaker 1: that were telling you to do everything not very said 340 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: or else you're a bad person who wants grandparents to 341 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:48,159 Speaker 1: die suddenly political pressure matters to them a whole lot. 342 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,399 Speaker 1: And we have a strong example of this in New 343 00:19:52,480 --> 00:19:54,800 Speaker 1: York City, which has been among the craziest places for 344 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 1: COVID mania the whole time. We just say they went 345 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:02,199 Speaker 1: through huge levels of COVID spread during the omicron phase 346 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,920 Speaker 1: of this and actually had a lot, unfortunately a lot 347 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:08,320 Speaker 1: of hospitalizations in death too, despite a very high vaccination 348 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,240 Speaker 1: rate in New York. You know, you have these blue 349 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: check libs who walk around saying, if only America, if 350 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: only America had had a vaccination rate like you know, 351 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: Denmarks or something, we would have avoided all that. Well, 352 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 1: New York does have a vaccination rate basically it's gonna 353 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:28,880 Speaker 1: hold over nine vaccinated, and yet still had very very 354 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,200 Speaker 1: high cases, a lot of hospitalizations and unfortunately a lot 355 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: of deaths. And guess what now they're deciding to get 356 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: rid of the vaccine man to the new mayor is saying, 357 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 1: the vaccine man to New York City, It's not gonna 358 00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:44,439 Speaker 1: be around much longer. Play that clip please. Every morning 359 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: I meet with my health professionals because I always stated 360 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 1: I'm going to follow the science. I'm not going to 361 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:52,400 Speaker 1: get ahead of the science. Because I'm ready to get 362 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: ahead of all of this and get back to a 363 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:57,919 Speaker 1: level of normality. But they're given us clean structures, they 364 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: gave us benchmarks. We going to follow those benchmarks. But 365 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: I look forward to the next few weeks, going to 366 00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: real transformation that I don't have to wonder what you 367 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: look like. I would know what you look like again. 368 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 1: And so we are moving in the right direction. We're 369 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:15,919 Speaker 1: going to do it in a safe way because all 370 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,320 Speaker 1: of these expects would tell you one thing. We can't 371 00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:22,280 Speaker 1: close down again. We can't close down again. And I'm 372 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 1: not going to do something out of my anticipation to 373 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 1: get back that's going to jeopardize closing down the city again. 374 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:32,439 Speaker 1: And we're going to be rolling out some things in 375 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: the next day or so on how we're going to 376 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 1: carry that out. In the next day or so, Clay, 377 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:41,440 Speaker 1: they're gonna start changing things up. Eric Adams All said 378 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:45,119 Speaker 1: he can't wait to get rid of the vaccine mandates. 379 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: Looks like some people are starting to see the internal 380 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: polling and they realize it's one thing to be tired 381 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: of restrictions that work. Clay vaccine mandates as a policy 382 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:57,479 Speaker 1: in New York City, I can speak to this one 383 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 1: very directly failed. So we went through all that crap 384 00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: and tyranny for what six days until the State of 385 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: the Union buck March first is when Joe Biden will 386 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: slowly work his way down the House of Representatives floor 387 00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: and climb up to that rostrum and read slowly off 388 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 1: of a teleprompter. And I believe that there is going 389 00:22:22,560 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: to be by March first, many states. I believe I'm 390 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,800 Speaker 1: correct in this now only Hawaii, unless Hawaii has removed 391 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 1: it recently. I believe Hawaii is the only United States 392 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:37,919 Speaker 1: state that still has a mask mandate in place. Others 393 00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: have announced when they're going to remove it. They've already 394 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:44,840 Speaker 1: begun to remove it, and obviously, unfortunately there are still 395 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,879 Speaker 1: many kids that are being forced to wear masks. I 396 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: saw in my hometown of Nashville. I went to kindergarten 397 00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:54,760 Speaker 1: through twelfth grade in public school in Nashville, Tennessee. They 398 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:56,640 Speaker 1: said that the kids are finally going to have their 399 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,840 Speaker 1: masks off when they come back from spring break. There's 400 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 1: no metric by which they can point to and say, oh, 401 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: this has eliminated all the issues. But I just want 402 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 1: to because it's all been total crap from the moment 403 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 1: it started. I want to hit you with the data. Buck. 404 00:23:13,480 --> 00:23:19,480 Speaker 1: One year ago, on February twenty second of twenty one, 405 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 1: there were fifty nine thousand, four hundred and fifty six 406 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: COVID cases in the United States. It's one year ago, 407 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: one month or so into the Biden administration, same date, 408 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: a year later, one hundred and twenty three thousand, one 409 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:40,320 Speaker 1: hundred and eighty two cases, deaths, twenty seven hundred and 410 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: twenty six COVID And I'm putting in quotation marks here, 411 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:47,360 Speaker 1: but trust me on this. COVID deaths versus fourteen one 412 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,120 Speaker 1: thousand and fourteen hundred and fifty four last year. So 413 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 1: these are the kind of questions that demonstrate how failed 414 00:23:55,560 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: the vaccine mandates have been, how failed the mask mandates 415 00:24:00,280 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: have been. We have over twice as many COVID cases 416 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: today as we had last year at the same time, 417 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 1: and we have nearly twice as many COVID deaths as 418 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: we did last year at the same time. Yet miraculously 419 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 1: everybody is coming out and ending the vaccine mandate. And 420 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: I want to give a shout out by the way, 421 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: one person here, Buck, Kyrie Irving. We talked some about 422 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,360 Speaker 1: the athletes, the Novak Jokovic's, the Aaron Rodgers who were 423 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: willing to stand out there and say, I'm not going 424 00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: to get the COVID shot. I don't need it. It It 425 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. Kyrie Irving is a Brooklyn Nets player 426 00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: who has not been allowed to play in home basketball 427 00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 1: games for this entire season, and Eric Adams specifically said, 428 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,159 Speaker 1: we're doing away with this mandate soon. We don't know 429 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 1: the exact date yet, but Kyrie Irving is going to 430 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,399 Speaker 1: be able to come back and play one hundred percent 431 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: back to normal. He and many other people like him 432 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,000 Speaker 1: are effectively going to have won. They will have outlasted 433 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,000 Speaker 1: this man day that they tried to drop on everybody 434 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: all over many parts of the country, but certainly New 435 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: York City. And I'm sorry, but I'm not going to 436 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,080 Speaker 1: accept this. You're gonna hear a lot of this from 437 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,199 Speaker 1: Democrat politicians now. To be fair, Eric Adams was not 438 00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:18,280 Speaker 1: mayor during COVID He's only been mayored now. But I 439 00:25:18,320 --> 00:25:22,000 Speaker 1: don't like this narrative of you get it all back, folks, 440 00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: if you live in California, if you live in New York, 441 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,919 Speaker 1: and remember even Texas went through some restrictions. I mean, 442 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:30,520 Speaker 1: it wasn't There are a lot of places, there are 443 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: some red states where you know, they could have been 444 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,119 Speaker 1: a lot more to protect freedoms and not panicked during COVID. 445 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,480 Speaker 1: But Eric Adams said, I take my hat off to 446 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 1: New Yorkers, through masks, vaccines, through social distancing. I'm really 447 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: proud of how we responded as New Yorkers. I'm not. 448 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 1: I'm not at all, and I'm a New Yorker. I 449 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 1: think people were cowards. I think people refused to look 450 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,120 Speaker 1: at what was really going on around them. They went 451 00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 1: along like sheep and look, I get it. Every you know, 452 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,000 Speaker 1: you can only do as much as you can do, right. 453 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,160 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, they forced me to get a shot, 454 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: A shot that they then admitted later on basically did 455 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,240 Speaker 1: absolutely nothing for me. And I had natural immunity. I 456 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,000 Speaker 1: mean what they did to me was appalling. They did 457 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,920 Speaker 1: it to millions of New Yorkers. It never should have happened. 458 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:19,800 Speaker 1: So I'm gonna get very agitated here over the Oh 459 00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:22,919 Speaker 1: we we fought so hard. I'm so all these politicians 460 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,920 Speaker 1: you'll watch, they'll say we did it together, we were 461 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 1: in it together. I'm so proud of how you all 462 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 1: just lined up with your masks on six feet apart 463 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 1: and got shot after shot after shot after shot. No, 464 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,199 Speaker 1: this was awful. They were idiots. We should not have 465 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,800 Speaker 1: listened to these people. We should not have been forced 466 00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: to do this. So that's why I mean in New York, 467 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: I know the things. Oh it's a big party now. 468 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,560 Speaker 1: Oh I'm not done with them. We're now going to 469 00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 1: dive deep into this data. Amen. This is why we 470 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: are arguing there have to be consequences for getting public 471 00:26:57,320 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 1: policy this wrong. 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Simply dial 498 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 1: pound two fifty and say the keywords gold IRA. That's 499 00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:28,200 Speaker 1: dial pound two fifty from your cell phone and say 500 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 1: the keywords gold IRA. Welcome back in Clay Travis buck 501 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: Sexton Show. Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. 502 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: We are rolling through the Wednesday edition of the program. 503 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 1: Having a fantastic time as always, and we're gonna set 504 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 1: up the We've got Glenn Yunkin, Governor of Virginia, who 505 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 1: is scheduled to join us in the next hour. We'll 506 00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: also circle around continue to discuss all of the media 507 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,480 Speaker 1: fallout from our interview with Donald Trump yesterday. But I 508 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 1: wanted to close out this hour and have a little 509 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 1: fun here. This is a reporter standing on the side 510 00:29:10,320 --> 00:29:12,720 Speaker 1: of the road and you may need to see the video. 511 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,440 Speaker 1: I tweeted out this video. If you need a smile 512 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,280 Speaker 1: or a laugh. This reporter is standing on the side 513 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 1: of the road doing a live local news report and 514 00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 1: his mom drives by to say hi to him in 515 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,920 Speaker 1: the background, And if you need a laugh, listen to this. 516 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:37,360 Speaker 1: My mom, I'm trying to work right now. You want 517 00:29:37,360 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 1: to call my phone, you can say hi, and I'll 518 00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: be holding up traffic because you got cars behind you. 519 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:50,480 Speaker 1: Did you report? So that is mom coming by during 520 00:29:50,560 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 1: the during the broadcast, she wants to say hi to D'Angelo, 521 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:58,840 Speaker 1: who is the cameraman, and rolls down the window yells 522 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,480 Speaker 1: out the window. This is a vintage mom video. If 523 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:04,760 Speaker 1: you haven't seen that again, you could hear it, but 524 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: if you want to see it, it'll give you a 525 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: good smile. Buck. Is there anything more mom than that 526 00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: video driving by to see her son out doing a 527 00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: stand on the side of the road rapport as a newscaster. 528 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,600 Speaker 1: It was great. I mean, it's fun. She's so proud. 529 00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: You can tell us you a proud mom and uh, 530 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: it's a fun video, folks. We should put it up 531 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: on clanbuck dot com so people can check it out. 532 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: It's a quid you ever have to talk to your 533 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: mom about your media job, and so I'll give you 534 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: an example because this is a great mom story that 535 00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:34,720 Speaker 1: ties in with that. When we just played Buck, I 536 00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:37,120 Speaker 1: had to tell my mom early on when I started writing, 537 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 1: you can't get in the comments and respond to people 538 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,760 Speaker 1: who are being mean to me. I was like, yeah, 539 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: I understand that you want to do it and you 540 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,040 Speaker 1: think I'm an amazing son, But Mom, you can't get 541 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: online and respond to people who were saying me I 542 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,960 Speaker 1: mean things about me. I had to tell her, no, 543 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 1: I said, you can't do that anymore. I do have 544 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: I I have an uncle who is who was quite conservative, 545 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,960 Speaker 1: and it's very fired about these things, and very early 546 00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: on he did not ask me. It was a very 547 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,400 Speaker 1: early on in my radio career. I got a cold 548 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 1: say it was Bob from upstate New York. You're online too. 549 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:14,400 Speaker 1: This is going back now on his ten years and 550 00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: I and he asked me a question. So it wasn't 551 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 1: like you're the greatest radio host. It wasn't something cheesy. 552 00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 1: He just really wanted to ask this question. I was 553 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: remember listening to the voice of saying, is that uncle Bob. 554 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 1: It was my dad. My dad actually is a huge 555 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 1: sports fan and he called in early on me doing 556 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,320 Speaker 1: local sports talker radio to talk about a sports related issue. 557 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:39,520 Speaker 1: Under it. I was like, that sounds like my dad, 558 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,640 Speaker 1: but I didn't know I do. I do a little 559 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 1: video podcast with a with a Democrat friend of mine 560 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: and Mark Lamont Hill and my dad right before the 561 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 1: Super Bowl because he appearance in that episode. And I 562 00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:56,240 Speaker 1: was like, well, this is great because my dad, you know, 563 00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,640 Speaker 1: it's like a real American he actually likes football and 564 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 1: watches football and knows about it. Uh and like you know, 565 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:04,360 Speaker 1: like betting, you know, and and and enjoys that that 566 00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,120 Speaker 1: aspect of it. And uh, I will say that I 567 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 1: had to pay the bet though on his behalf to 568 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: Mark because we did. We did lose on that one 569 00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,880 Speaker 1: gentleman's bet that we had. But uh, but yeah, no, 570 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 1: I mean it's fun, my dad, we don't. At some 571 00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: point we should like maybe on on Mother's Day or 572 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 1: something we could have like moms on yeah we have 573 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:25,120 Speaker 1: the fun. Yeah, I think they'd because fun you want 574 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: to ask clan bucks moms anything or be a fun 575 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: segment that would be very well received. I had, Um, 576 00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 1: it's been a couple of years ago. Now, you remember 577 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,960 Speaker 1: when the Star Wars came back out, the one where 578 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 1: spoiler alert, uh, that they brought back after years and years. 579 00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: And I took my four year old at the time 580 00:32:44,560 --> 00:32:46,080 Speaker 1: and he was sitting in my lap and we were 581 00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: doing a television hit talking about the new Star Wars movie, 582 00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: and he was super excited to go. And he immediately 583 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: I didn't know he was going to be there. He 584 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:55,280 Speaker 1: walked right in, hopped in my lap and he said 585 00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:57,080 Speaker 1: he had like a sucker in his mouth. He pulled 586 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: the sucker out and he said, Han Solo dies And 587 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 1: it was the Star Wars. When Hans Solo died, everybody 588 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: was like trying nut spoiler alert. By the way, it's 589 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 1: been like a seven or eight years now, but he 590 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: just popped his sucker out and we had gone to 591 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,719 Speaker 1: see it like the day it came out, and then 592 00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: he just disappeared and everybody was like, that's one of 593 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:18,720 Speaker 1: the all time most savage spoilers ever. You know, he 594 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 1: just hopped in my lap, said that, then immediately left. 595 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,640 Speaker 1: He was four. Yeah, So it's it's always it's always 596 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 1: fun to have the family thinking about the stuff you do. 597 00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 1: But I also think it's it's entertaining when you have 598 00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:31,960 Speaker 1: friends of yours that pop up and you must have 599 00:33:32,080 --> 00:33:35,200 Speaker 1: this two people you haven't spoken to in twenty years. 600 00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: I mean, I've had people from from when that I 601 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 1: went to high school with who will say, especially after 602 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:42,880 Speaker 1: something like that yesterday where we broke a lot of 603 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,080 Speaker 1: news with the Trump interview at edmar Lago, which, by 604 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: the way, nice club. I gotta I gotta learn to 605 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: play golf just so I can hang out in these 606 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,320 Speaker 1: fancy places and I have something to do other than 607 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 1: drink by the pool. So it's very very nice. Drinking 608 00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,720 Speaker 1: by the pool a lot less stressful than playing golf. 609 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:58,239 Speaker 1: Let me just tell you that. To say, I mean 610 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 1: I'm a guy. Yeah, That's how I feel about skiing. 611 00:34:00,320 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: I always want to just be hanging out at the lodge, 612 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: you know, hot tub champagne, hanging out. I'm not really 613 00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: out there avoiding trees at high speed guy anyway. But yeah, 614 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,320 Speaker 1: I have people that reach out that say, oh, you 615 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,920 Speaker 1: came across my radar for whatever reason. It's it's fun 616 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,520 Speaker 1: to do. We do because you never know who's gonna 617 00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 1: be driving cross country or who's gonna find themselves in 618 00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:22,600 Speaker 1: the back of a cab and all of a sudden 619 00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,279 Speaker 1: they'll say, I think I went to high school with 620 00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 1: that guy. And then and then, because there's so many 621 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: ways they can reach, you know, LinkedIn and Twitter or whatever, 622 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: they'll find you. I do my sports gambling show for 623 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 1: the last four years we've done that. The number of 624 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,319 Speaker 1: times I'll hear from people in high school and they 625 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 1: all have a story like, so, I just happened to 626 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 1: be in this bar at three o'clock in the afternoon, 627 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 1: you know, and up on the screen directly above the 628 00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 1: bar was you breaking down who's gonna win the Super Bowl? 629 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 1: And it reminds me and when David Letterman said he 630 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: first got his television show, and his show was on 631 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,320 Speaker 1: so late at night, and this is obviously before DVR 632 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,080 Speaker 1: and everything else that he would say everyone who told 633 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:00,880 Speaker 1: her that they had watched the show, they always had 634 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,800 Speaker 1: an excuse. I couldn't sleep, I was up in the 635 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,520 Speaker 1: middle of the night. I just decided to put the 636 00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: television on and there you were. Uh and uh, it's 637 00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 1: definitely the case when this show is everywhere for purposes 638 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:16,399 Speaker 1: of radio. The other funny part is uhh when people 639 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:18,799 Speaker 1: who don't even rebe type people call in before who 640 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:20,759 Speaker 1: didn't even realize that they had gone to school, and 641 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,440 Speaker 1: then they slowly kind of all put it together. Um, 642 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,120 Speaker 1: but anyway, it was a it was a heck of 643 00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:27,839 Speaker 1: a day yesterday at Marlago. And we also love all 644 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:30,080 Speaker 1: the moms out there. 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