1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: Welcome in. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 2: As we get rolling on the Tuesday edition of the program, 3 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 2: a lot of news to keep you all updated with 4 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: as Iran continues to dominate the news cycle. Woke up 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,479 Speaker 2: this morning to news that many of the prominent remaining 6 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:25,360 Speaker 2: leaders of Iran were wiped out overnight with additional strikes, 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 2: and things seem to be going really, really well. I 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 2: think this is buck right off the top, one of 9 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 2: these examples of where largely the media doesn't do and 10 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:41,960 Speaker 2: there are a lot of these examples, but a very 11 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: fair job of just contextualizing exactly what is going on, 12 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 2: and this is going to blow people's minds. I shared 13 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 2: an article and I was stunned too, from Al Jazeera 14 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 2: that actually went did you see this article? 15 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: I was blown away by how good it was. I 16 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 1: read it because you aired it was quite good analysis, 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 1: and I've looked at and I've. 18 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 2: Tried, I tried to read everything, and to a large extent, 19 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 2: what you read right now is, oh, this is a disaster. 20 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: What in the world is Trump doing? 21 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 2: And we'll put this up on Clay and Buck and 22 00:01:15,240 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: you can go check it out at Clay Travis. I 23 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 2: thought it was a really reasoned, analytical, logical analysis of 24 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,880 Speaker 2: exactly what has been going on in Iran. And I 25 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:29,480 Speaker 2: think it's honestly an indictment of the American media that 26 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 2: there haven't really been pieces like this, right, there's like 27 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,560 Speaker 2: very surface level, Oh Trump sucks oil and gas is 28 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: now expensive, there's no idea what's going on? And then 29 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 2: you push back, like we said, uh, and when this 30 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:46,720 Speaker 2: initially started, we said, wait a minute. Everybody agreed that 31 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: Iran couldn't have nuclear weapons, yes, Democrat, Republican, Independent, And 32 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 2: then you say, okay, well Iran was working to get 33 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,160 Speaker 2: nuclear weapons at some point they were going to have them. 34 00:01:56,240 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 2: That's a logical reality. And then you get to, okay, 35 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 2: what can we do to stop them from getting nuclear weapons? 36 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: And Democrats seem to be of the position that it is, well, 37 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 2: not this, okay, so not this. But meanwhile they all 38 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 2: said for a long time, hey, we should do this. 39 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 2: And I give credit to Peter Deucey. I think we 40 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 2: have this audio. I thought it was kind of funny. 41 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:23,799 Speaker 2: Yesterday we played the audio of President Trump saying he 42 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: had gotten a call from a former president, but he 43 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 2: didn't want to let everybody know who the former president was, saying, Hey, 44 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:32,320 Speaker 2: I wish I had done this, and yesterday in the 45 00:02:32,320 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 2: Oval Office after we went off the air, Peter Doucey 46 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 2: followed up on that statement, which was made earlier in 47 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:41,120 Speaker 2: the day yesterday, and I thought this was pretty funny. 48 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: Buck He said, was it President George W. Bush? And 49 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:45,480 Speaker 1: President Trump said no? 50 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 2: And then he said, well, there's not very many former presidents, right, 51 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: so we're talking about a relatively limited number of people 52 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: who could be involved. 53 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 1: This is cut three. I thought this was pretty funny. 54 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,679 Speaker 2: It's quite clear that President Clinton is the one who 55 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: called President Trump, and that President Clinton has said, according 56 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 2: to Trump, hey I wish I had done what you 57 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 2: have done on Iran. Listen to cut three, as Trump 58 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 2: doesn't quite say it, but basically does say it. 59 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 1: Just want to ask you about something very interesting that 60 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 1: you said twice today. 61 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 3: Did you talk to another former president on the arrange race? 62 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 3: Was it George Lush's it? 63 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: Bill Clinton? 64 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,839 Speaker 3: I don't want to say. I don't want to say 65 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 3: it because a member of a party. 66 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:36,160 Speaker 4: A member of a parliment, they have Trump the arrangement 67 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 4: syndrome all but is somebody that happens to like me 68 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 4: and I like that person who's a smart person, But 69 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 4: that person said, I wish I did it, okay, but 70 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 4: I don't want to get into who. 71 00:03:49,320 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 3: I don't want to get a mental trouble. 72 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 4: Maybe hey, you know what, Yeah, I think you probably 73 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 4: know you know, it's interesting. 74 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 3: And maybe he'd be proud. And I could even ask. 75 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 4: Him that, would you like me to reveal your name 76 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 4: to Peter and Fox? 77 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 3: How you call? At least you have high ratings. 78 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,400 Speaker 4: He rags and through the room the congratulations. 79 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:14,520 Speaker 2: All right, So all of that very funny. We said yesterday, hey, 80 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: this is former President Bill Clinton. The only other one 81 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 2: we could think about was George W. Bush and Trump 82 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:22,480 Speaker 2: specifically said it was not him. And so I think 83 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 2: this is where you're kind of in a difficult position 84 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 2: if you are Democrats. Now you're trying to oppose an 85 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 2: act that is overwhelmingly acknowledged to be a good one, 86 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 2: that is, take out terrorist and keep them from getting 87 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,480 Speaker 2: a nuclear bomb. And basically all they are left with 88 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: is the price of oil and gas, which is predicated 89 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 2: on the free flow of oil and gas through the 90 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:51,359 Speaker 2: straight of hor moves and buck the markets seem to 91 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:54,520 Speaker 2: be kind of of the opinion, Yeah, this is this 92 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 2: is effectively over the price of oil and gas is 93 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 2: not surging one way or the there now, I think 94 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 2: it's going to come back down relatively soon. And this 95 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 2: is where we are, like it's it's a pretty successful 96 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 2: operation so far. 97 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 1: You know, we're wearing the same color T shirt again today. 98 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:14,200 Speaker 1: This is becoming a thing where Clay and I spend 99 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:16,040 Speaker 1: so much time together that we don't we need to 100 00:05:16,040 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: start coordinating. I don't know what this is. We're on 101 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: like the same I'm even. 102 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:23,679 Speaker 2: Wearing Clay and Buck T shirt, which which is even 103 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 2: the next step on coordination here. 104 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:28,679 Speaker 1: Just you know, we're we are. We got to figure 105 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 1: this out. But anyway, for those of you who are 106 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,039 Speaker 1: watch it on the YouTube, play a couples. First of all, 107 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: happy Saint Patrick's date, everybody, Happy Saint Patti's day. Yes, 108 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: you have Trump right now as we are talking to 109 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: you live with the Prime Minister of Ireland. Will bring 110 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: you anything relevant to our discussions in the news cycle. 111 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: From that, of course, Trump is going to be like 112 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: Saint Patrick, one of the best Saints. Love the Saint 113 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: Patrick Green little leprechauns everywhere all over. He'll say some 114 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: nice things Ireland. Interesting. Interestingly enough, unfortunately Clay has not learned, 115 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: or rather the leadership has not learned the lessons of 116 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: the rest of Europe, and they they now have the 117 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:12,440 Speaker 1: President of Ireland going off on how Saint Patrick's Day 118 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,680 Speaker 1: really is a day of globalization and migration. That's actually 119 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 1: what it has to become instead of a celebration of irishness, 120 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 1: and mean, we can get into this war later. I 121 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: don't want to do the Iri thing though it's we're 122 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,320 Speaker 1: blowing them up into Ireland. By the way, have you 123 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:28,039 Speaker 1: ever been? It is the next place on the list 124 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,960 Speaker 1: that Kerry and I have decided we're going. I loved Scotland, 125 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 1: even though it turns out it's basically like a communist 126 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: enclave in the north of the United Kingdom. I mean, 127 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:41,279 Speaker 1: it's very left wing, very awesome geographically, it's super cool, 128 00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:43,360 Speaker 1: it's beautiful. I love it. I mean it's a beautiful country. 129 00:06:43,360 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 1: But I just wish the politics of it were quite 130 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: a bit different. And unfortunately the same thing. You know, 131 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:52,640 Speaker 1: they say Ireland is the Cuba of Europe. Side note 132 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:58,960 Speaker 1: Cuba into Cuba as well today, so we have all 133 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:00,919 Speaker 1: these things floating on the ether. I didn't mean to 134 00:07:00,960 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 1: do a divertue from Iran talk here. But the situation 135 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,919 Speaker 1: in Iran is we killed the head of the besiege. 136 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,720 Speaker 1: We killed one of their other senior defense like senior 137 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: defense guys, I forget. The besiege is the militia that 138 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: I've been telling you about. They're the ones whose job 139 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:19,640 Speaker 1: is to know everybody in the neighborhood and anybody who 140 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: goes out and does anything again, you know, protest or 141 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: tries anything against they just kill them. That's their whole job. 142 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,120 Speaker 1: That's what the besiege is. So the head of the 143 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: besiege he's toast good news. And then another senior Iranian 144 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,400 Speaker 1: military response official he's also gone good news on that front. 145 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 1: These are terrible people. They order the execution of people 146 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: without trial. They torture people like I'm usually not a 147 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:45,040 Speaker 1: bloodthirsty individual at all, but I'll tell you some of 148 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: these guys gots to go, and they're gone. So that's 149 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: a good thing. And Trump is continuing on with the 150 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 1: plan here, and I think that Clay they will be 151 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: able to start getting those ships going again in the 152 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: Strait of war moves. That's going to happen, and as 153 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: that happened, the anxiety around oil flows and everything else 154 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 1: will open up quite a bit. And that will be good. 155 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: So we'll see where this happens. I do not see 156 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: any reason for panic from anyone right now based on 157 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 1: what Trump is doing. I saw the senior resignation. Joe Kent. 158 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,920 Speaker 1: We've had him on the show, right like we've had. 159 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:20,920 Speaker 2: At some point, I think for sure. I think, well, 160 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:22,760 Speaker 2: he ran for Congress. I think we had him on 161 00:08:22,880 --> 00:08:25,160 Speaker 2: for sure in twenty two that's where lost a very 162 00:08:25,160 --> 00:08:27,720 Speaker 2: close race, and we certainly have had him on. I 163 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: don't think we've had him on since he joined the 164 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 2: Trump administration. But that's getting a lot of attention. Do 165 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 2: you know Joe Kent? Well, like, what's your I don't 166 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,920 Speaker 2: know how to take. I've interviewed him. I've interviewed him 167 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 2: a few times. I liked on a personal level. 168 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 1: I like the guy. A lot of respect for him, 169 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: a lot of respect for not only his service, but 170 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:45,680 Speaker 1: also the sacrifice that he has made. You know, he 171 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:50,559 Speaker 1: lost his wife in Syria working alongside special operations there 172 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: in a suicide bombing. So a lot of love for 173 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: Joe Kent from me as just a general love and 174 00:08:56,120 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: respect as a general thing. Leaving this way, I actually 175 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: think that this is more. People should do this instead 176 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: of staying in jobs. I'm not saying that he's right, 177 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: but we'll get into the analysis of what he thinks 178 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 1: about this war. But I am saying, if you are 179 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: working for an administration and you truly believe that in 180 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:18,560 Speaker 1: the area you're working, right, if you work at the 181 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: Treasury Department, I don't think you have to resign because 182 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: you know, you disagree with something that's going on in DHS. 183 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: But you know, right, if you're working on an issue 184 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 1: and you truly cannot, in good conscience, as he said 185 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,800 Speaker 1: in his resignation letter, continue on with it, you should resign. 186 00:09:33,559 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: You should resign, so I respect. 187 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 2: Because otherwise you're just going to be a direct obstacle 188 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 2: to the president's prerogatives. And that isn't a healthy thing 189 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 2: to do inside of an administration. 190 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: And you don't have the right to do that. You 191 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,680 Speaker 1: don't have the right just to to work at the 192 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:49,720 Speaker 1: pleasure of the president or to have your job at 193 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: the pleasure of the president and to try to be 194 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: an obstacle to his agenda. I mean, you know, even 195 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: if you think it's illegal, and you would be better 196 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,560 Speaker 1: because you can try to throw sand in the gears, No, 197 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: you take that to you know, the doj good luck 198 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,680 Speaker 1: with that. You take it, do an inspector general and 199 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,119 Speaker 1: you know you resign, So I respect that move. NCTC 200 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: is a total waste of time. The whole thing should 201 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,920 Speaker 1: be scrapped, defunded. It's a joke. So just understand that 202 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:17,959 Speaker 1: NCTC is essentially useless. Trust me, I know NCTC doesn't 203 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 1: do so breathing in. 204 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 2: CTC and say why you think it's useless because you're 205 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:24,080 Speaker 2: way more plugged in on this than the average than me, 206 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 2: and also the average listener. 207 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,040 Speaker 1: Well, and I also say this for you know, I 208 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: on also a personal level, and I always want to 209 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,480 Speaker 1: say that, not beople not to be like we know 210 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,800 Speaker 1: these people because we're so cool, and so that you 211 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: can assess that it's like, uh, you know, disclosing when 212 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,760 Speaker 1: you have a vested interest in Like when I like 213 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 1: when we're friends with somebody. We're friends with Pete Hegseth. 214 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: I also think he's doing a great job in the 215 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,600 Speaker 1: Department of War. But people should know we're friends with 216 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: the guy, because that does affect your perception of individuals. Right. 217 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: I was not friends with Christy nom so I was 218 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 1: able to be very uh very straightforward on a lot 219 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,240 Speaker 1: of those things. So I can tell you guys, this 220 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 1: NCTC came out of post nine to eleven reordering and 221 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:10,559 Speaker 1: rearranging of government, and NCTC was supposed to be the 222 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: tip of the sphere of duty to warn preventing another 223 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: terrorist nine to eleven incident, right, But the CIA already 224 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: had the counter Terrorism Center CTC, which is where I work, 225 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: And so for the first ten years of its existence, 226 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:26,320 Speaker 1: all you had was this bloated bureaucracy of CTC. I'm sorry, 227 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: NCTC and CTC a lot of acronyms, folks fighting each 228 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,640 Speaker 1: other as if that's going to prevent you know, who 229 00:11:33,800 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: has primacy. That's not going to prevent a terrorist attack. 230 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 1: Total waste of time. CIA should have primacy on that 231 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 1: issue working with the FBI. Okay, that's one, and then 232 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: the other thing is the DN. I I like Tulci Gabbard. 233 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,960 Speaker 1: I think she's a good person. I think she's a patriot, 234 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:48,079 Speaker 1: and I think she's doing everything she can in the 235 00:11:48,160 --> 00:11:50,319 Speaker 1: role she has. I also think she should come out 236 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: and say the D and I should be scrapped. I 237 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,679 Speaker 1: think she should say I'm gonna do all the reforms 238 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 1: I can in this job while I can, and then 239 00:11:56,760 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: we should, we should, you know, go to Congress and 240 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: unroll this thing, because they don't have the authority to 241 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:03,760 Speaker 1: really oversee the community in a meaningful way. 242 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,360 Speaker 2: In theory they do, but in practical impact, meaning the 243 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 2: way it was designed is different than what the way 244 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 2: it actually is run. 245 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:15,080 Speaker 1: They have the mandate Clay to oversee the intelligence community, 246 00:12:15,280 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: they don't have the d and I does not have 247 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: the power to meaningfully do that, which means replacing people 248 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 1: that you think need to be replaced, or. 249 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 2: The CIA director or the FBI director. In theory, that 250 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 2: would be the role of this, and they do not 251 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:30,680 Speaker 2: have the capability to do that. 252 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, So I'm just n CTC as I think a 253 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: total waste of time. Sorry for some of you who 254 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:37,920 Speaker 1: work there or have worked there, but and I come 255 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,080 Speaker 1: from CTC to Clay. It's a little bit of like 256 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:43,480 Speaker 1: an Auburn, Alabama thing, to be fair, right, but I 257 00:12:43,480 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: think it's a total waste of time. And then in 258 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,200 Speaker 1: terms of his assessment of the war, I just don't 259 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:51,480 Speaker 1: And like I said, I respect Joe can not throwing 260 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 1: any shade at Joe Ken at all. I don't think 261 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: that anyone twist Donald Trump's arm and pushes him into something. 262 00:12:57,720 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: I don't think that. I don't think that Israel, which 263 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 1: is what the which is what the claim is in 264 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 1: Joe's resignation letter. I don't think Israel's in a position. 265 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: And some people can disagree with this, it's fine, But 266 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,120 Speaker 1: I don't think Israel's in a position to say, hey, Trump, 267 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 1: start a massive aerial campaign against Iran now because we 268 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,680 Speaker 1: want it, not because you think it's good for America. 269 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: It can be good for America and good for Israel, 270 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: and I think Donald Trump sees it that way. I 271 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 1: don't think he did it because someone else told him 272 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 1: to do it. I don't think we've seen Trump do that. 273 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 2: Like really, I don't think Trump would do anything that 274 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 2: anyone told him to do. In fact, I think Trump's 275 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:36,199 Speaker 2: whole career, to a large extent, is doing the opposite 276 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 2: of what many people in positions of power have told 277 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 2: him to do. He trusts his gut, and what I 278 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 2: would come back with is we go to break here 279 00:13:42,400 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 2: buck to think about, is there's evidence of Trump saying 280 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 2: that we should do all of the things that we 281 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,320 Speaker 2: have done in Iran decades ago. Maybe we can go 282 00:13:52,400 --> 00:13:54,599 Speaker 2: pull some of those. Have you guys seen that circulating 283 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 2: of Trump out publicly doing interviews long before he was 284 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,960 Speaker 2: a politician, talking about he's in carg Island talking about 285 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 2: wiping out the Ayatola. I think Trump has had a 286 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 2: long simmering anger, as many people his age have with Iran, 287 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 2: dating all the way back to nineteen seventy nine when 288 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 2: they seized our embassy. And I think he sees this 289 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,720 Speaker 2: as a score settling in many different ways. 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See rep for warranty or promotional details. 325 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 5: Saving America One Thought at a time, Clay Travis and 326 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 5: Fuck sext them find them on the free iHeartRadio app 327 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,000 Speaker 5: or wherever you get your podcasts. 328 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: Welcome back into Clay and Box. So we have a 329 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: lot going on. We see Iran right now, President Trump 330 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: continuing with the mission and that's something that we will 331 00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: bring you more details on. But also I wanted to 332 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: point this out Clay, because I mentioned this before in 333 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: the background. This would normally get a lot more attention, 334 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: but because of what's going on Iran, it's quite a 335 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: bit secondary in news coverage. Cuba is in basically a 336 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: blackout situation now because of the embargo, because we're not 337 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: letting oil get to the island of Cuba anymore. It's 338 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:45,400 Speaker 1: not coming from Venezuela. This is cut one. Listen to 339 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: this the CNN Poky News into CNN. 340 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,200 Speaker 2: Cuba's electrical grid has suffered a complete and total collapse. 341 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:54,520 Speaker 2: This is according to the country's power operator. 342 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: It's the first. 343 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 2: Nationwide blackout since the US effectively shut off. 344 00:16:59,080 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 3: The flow of oil to Cuba. 345 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 1: Play. Here's Trump on Cuba play too. 346 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 3: A lot of Cubans have said, oh boy, would they 347 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 3: love to go back. I think Cuba in. 348 00:17:09,280 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 4: Its own way, if you know, tourism and everything else. 349 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 4: It's a beautiful island, great weather. They're not in a 350 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 4: hurricane zone, which is nice. 351 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:16,919 Speaker 3: For a change. 352 00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 4: You know, they won't be asking us some money for 353 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 4: hurricanes every week. 354 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,000 Speaker 3: But I think Cuba is the Eden. You know, all 355 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:26,680 Speaker 3: my life I've been hearing about the United States in Cuba. 356 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,480 Speaker 4: When will the United States do it? I do believe 357 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:34,240 Speaker 4: I'll be the honor of having the honor of taking 358 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 4: Cuba would be good. That's a big honor, taking Cuban 359 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 4: in some form, you know, taking Cuba. I mean whether 360 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 4: I free it, take it. I think I could do 361 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 4: anything I want with it. You want another truth. 362 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 3: A very weekend nation right now, they were for a long. 363 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: Time taking Cuba play. We should talk more about that too. Yes, 364 00:17:56,359 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: there's no shortage of reasons why switching your cell phone 365 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:01,480 Speaker 1: service to pure Talk from eighty T Verizon or T 366 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,679 Speaker 1: Mobile is the smart thing to do. Chief among them 367 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 1: is getting the exact same quality of connection, but saving 368 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: fifty percent or more every month in the process. Puretalk 369 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,360 Speaker 1: service is on the same towers and network as those 370 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:14,960 Speaker 1: other companies. 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You'll 380 00:18:41,600 --> 00:18:45,399 Speaker 1: also say fifty percent off your first month Puretalk, America's 381 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:46,399 Speaker 1: wireless company. 382 00:18:46,800 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. We're gonna 383 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,960 Speaker 2: get into Cuba because I think Cuba is an interesting 384 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:54,680 Speaker 2: discussion top of the next hour. 385 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:56,480 Speaker 1: I know we've got a lot. 386 00:18:56,280 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 2: Of Cuban listeners, but Cuba, Iran, Venezuela, they're all connected 387 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 2: by the way. Big baseball game happening in Miami tonight 388 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 2: between Venezuela and the United States. 389 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,720 Speaker 1: Buck. I might talk about this in the third hour 390 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:13,360 Speaker 1: a bit, but. 391 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 2: The scene if Trump went to this game and threw 392 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 2: out the first pitch from all of the Venezuelan expats 393 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,040 Speaker 2: and all of the Pro America fans that are going 394 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,000 Speaker 2: to be at this game. If you're a sports fan 395 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 2: at all, I'm telling you put it on tonight. This 396 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:33,640 Speaker 2: World Baseball Classic has been awesome in Buck's backyard in Miami. 397 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:35,480 Speaker 1: It's going to be an electric scene. 398 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 2: I'm watching it tonight, going to a sports bar with 399 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 2: a couple of buddies down here and my kids. Okay, 400 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:45,359 Speaker 2: let me hit you with this. President Trump just now 401 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 2: with the Prime Minister is at the Prime Minister, I 402 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,719 Speaker 2: think of Ireland answering questions from the media, and here 403 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 2: are a lot of what he has said. Let's see 404 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 2: Trump I wanted to play this. This is cut thirty four. 405 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: Trump said years ago that you have to attack carg Island, 406 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:12,159 Speaker 2: that is the primary deposit or departure point of Iranian oil. 407 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,959 Speaker 2: And he just addressed that again. He's been saying this 408 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 2: for decades. So anyone out there saying, oh, the only 409 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,520 Speaker 2: reason Trump's doing this is Israel Cut thirty four. 410 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 6: Listen, I said you have to attack Cargo Island. You 411 00:20:25,680 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 6: have to attack them years ago where they were acting up. 412 00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:31,639 Speaker 6: They've been acting up for thirty seven, forty seven, I 413 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:34,880 Speaker 6: guess now forty eight years. For forty eight years, they've 414 00:20:34,880 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 6: been banded players, vicious players, and you can't. 415 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 3: Let them have a nuclear weapon. If they got a 416 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 3: nuclear weapon, I would say they would. 417 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,720 Speaker 6: Have used it within twenty four hours after having it. 418 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:45,960 Speaker 3: And they would have had it if we didn't bomb 419 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 3: them out from the Great Rate with. 420 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 6: The B two bombers eight months ago or so, you 421 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 6: would have had a nuclear war in the Middle East 422 00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,240 Speaker 6: and maybe beyond. I think it would have hit Europe, 423 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 6: maybe not Ireland. I would have hit Europe. I think 424 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:02,879 Speaker 6: you would have been a nice piece of it that 425 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:05,160 Speaker 6: it all gets you. It's big enough that you would 426 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:05,720 Speaker 6: have been affected. 427 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:09,479 Speaker 2: They would have had Europe, all right, And then Trump says, 428 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 2: we're not ready to leave yet, but we'll be leaving 429 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 2: in the near future, not putting an exact timetable on Iran, 430 00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 2: but letting everybody know this is not a forever war. 431 00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:21,560 Speaker 1: Cut thirty five. 432 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:25,159 Speaker 6: We're not ready to leave yet, but we will be 433 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 6: leaving in the near future. 434 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 3: We'll be leaving in pretty much the very near future. 435 00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 6: But right now they've been decimated from every standpoint. 436 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 3: And again we've had great support. 437 00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 6: From countries in the Middle East, great support, but we've 438 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 6: had no support from essentially no support from NATO. 439 00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 2: And then he's there with the Prime Minister of Ireland. 440 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 2: He teed off on the current leader of the UK, 441 00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 2: England's starmer and he said, look, he's no Churchill cut 442 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:57,600 Speaker 2: thirty three. 443 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 6: Well, he hasn't been support I think it's a big mistake. 444 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 6: You know, they make a lot of money on trade 445 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 6: with the United States. 446 00:22:05,800 --> 00:22:08,440 Speaker 3: I did. I went out of my as you. 447 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 6: Know, they couldn't make a deal with Biden because they 448 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,479 Speaker 6: had no real administration to make a deal Biden. 449 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 3: But we made a deal. 450 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 6: We made a good deal for them, and frankly probably 451 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 6: wasn't appreciated. 452 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 3: I do look forward to seeing the king news gonna 453 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:25,560 Speaker 3: he's going to be coming because you know, very shortly. 454 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 6: But but no, I was disappointed because ker was willing 455 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:33,160 Speaker 6: to send two aircraft carriers after we won, because essentially 456 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 6: there's no threat for the aircraft carriers right now, and 457 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:40,120 Speaker 6: I said no, no, we want things sent before the war, 458 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:41,400 Speaker 6: not after the war is won. 459 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 3: So yeah, I'm disappointed with Caro. Like him, I think 460 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 3: he's a nice man, but I'm disappointed. 461 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 1: Okay, so you see that. 462 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 2: Okay, so President Trump just moments ago in the Oval office, Buck, 463 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 2: I think it's going to be hard to attack Trump 464 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:58,560 Speaker 2: very long on this because to your point, if you 465 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 2: were setting it over under a when major operation cease 466 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 2: in in Iran, I think you said yesterday April first thereabouts, yep, I. 467 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,280 Speaker 1: Would be stunned. What are we sitting at right now, 468 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: the seventeenth. 469 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,080 Speaker 2: I would be stunned if a month from now we're 470 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 2: still engaged in acts. So look, we're talking about relatively 471 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 2: short lived process at this point in time. 472 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:23,080 Speaker 1: Hopefully Trump won't end it on March thirty first and 473 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:27,040 Speaker 1: then announce a full scale ground invasion on April first, 474 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:33,640 Speaker 1: psych April fools. That would be quite an April fool's joke. 475 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,959 Speaker 1: I'm just saying I don't think Trump will do that, 476 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 1: but he has been known to make some jokes. 477 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, I'm just I'm just laughing at the 478 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 2: stock market reaction. If we actually had true moral fools reactions, 479 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,320 Speaker 2: can you imagine like, oh my goodness. 480 00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: It would be the fastest crash and the fastest rebound 481 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,520 Speaker 1: in the stock market we've ever seen. If he's like, 482 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: we're going in heavy, We're sending in one hundred thousand 483 00:23:56,520 --> 00:24:00,240 Speaker 1: soldiers into Iran. Just kidding, April fools. You could see 484 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: it in real time, like just completely go nuts. But 485 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,200 Speaker 1: I look, Trump is very clear on what the mission 486 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 1: is here. He's going to finish this up and it 487 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 1: will be done. And I suppose Clay that the idea 488 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:17,080 Speaker 1: is there'll be a different tone of negotiation from the 489 00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 1: Iranians going forward, like do you guys, do you guys 490 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:21,520 Speaker 1: want this kind of stuff or do you want to 491 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:24,239 Speaker 1: you know. Basically, Trump says you got the easy way 492 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,280 Speaker 1: in the hard way, and the Iranians were like, hard 493 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,480 Speaker 1: way because they didn't think he would do it, and 494 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,720 Speaker 1: he's Trump, so he did it. And now I think 495 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 1: he'll go back to them again and it will be 496 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,400 Speaker 1: do you want the easy way or hard way? Part two? 497 00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 1: And maybe since he's taken out so much of the 498 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: existing leadership, whoever is in charge going forward will say, 499 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 1: we're willing to be a little bit more constructive in 500 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 1: these negotiations on a whole range of things. I think 501 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,280 Speaker 1: that's the best. That's the best possible outcome as I 502 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:51,880 Speaker 1: see it right now, I don't see anything else. 503 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 2: I know we talked to me about yesterday about the 504 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 2: Gayetola little Mo as I called him. Did you see 505 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:00,480 Speaker 2: the report that came out. I think I saw it 506 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 2: this morning. I'm not sure initially when it came out 507 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 2: that they said he happened to go for a walk 508 00:25:06,760 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 2: moments before the attack happened, which is the only reason 509 00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,920 Speaker 2: he's still alive right now. That's the first explanation I've seen, 510 00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 2: because it has felt strange that his dad, his wife, 511 00:25:19,760 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 2: his son, and I think his brother all died in 512 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 2: that attack, and somehow he survived. 513 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:26,760 Speaker 1: We don't know very much about him. 514 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,000 Speaker 2: We don't know very much about his condition, but that 515 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 2: is a bit strange that he managed to go for 516 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 2: a walk at the exact moment that the attack happened. 517 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,479 Speaker 2: Just tossing it out there, that is the report about 518 00:25:41,520 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 2: how he survived. Now he may be dead because we 519 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 2: still have not heard him talk, We still have not 520 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 2: seen any video of him. At a minimum, as we 521 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,000 Speaker 2: played for you yesterday, there have been reports that he 522 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 2: was severely injured but I do think anytime, but you 523 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:58,600 Speaker 2: were in the CIA, So anytime somebody happens to go 524 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 2: for a walk right before or a major bomb goes off, 525 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:02,960 Speaker 2: a part of my. 526 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,080 Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say, my alarm bells going. 527 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 2: That's either an incredibly unbelievable coincidence, if that report is true, 528 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:16,800 Speaker 2: or maybe maybe he had a little bit of a 529 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,520 Speaker 2: heads up about what might have been happening. 530 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,080 Speaker 1: I'm just tossing it out there. 531 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 2: It just seems strange right before the whole place gets 532 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,000 Speaker 2: wiped out, that you decide to go for a walk 533 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:25,679 Speaker 2: on the street. 534 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 1: That's weird to borrow from our friend, the actor from 535 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: The Fugitive. It's a bit hinky, a little hinky that 536 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 1: you can't just know that your leader or he can't 537 00:26:36,000 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: prove that your leader is in fact fine. There is 538 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: something hinky about that, something a bit strange, a bit unusual. 539 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:42,879 Speaker 1: It's a clue. 540 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 2: I sent you that video after Friday, we had the 541 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 2: guy from The Fugitive on, among many other movies that 542 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 2: he had done, and it is kind of crazy that 543 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:58,480 Speaker 2: they actually filmed the Fugitive scene on Saint Patrick's Day 544 00:26:58,680 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 2: in Chicago live during the Saint Patrick's Day Parade, and 545 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:06,800 Speaker 2: there's an interview of Tommy Lee Jones as he is 546 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,959 Speaker 2: going through the parade. If you watch that, a lot 547 00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:11,919 Speaker 2: of times, I just think, Hey, they just staged this. 548 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 2: There's no way they actually filmed part of the movie 549 00:27:14,480 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: during the Saint Patrick's Day Parade. 550 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 1: No they did. It's a cool video footage. 551 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 2: Of the fugitive from that day they were filming in Chicago. 552 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 2: And Tommy Lee Jones gets interviewed on WGN. 553 00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: Tommy Lee Jones in his heyday in the nineties, fantastic, 554 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 1: great in that movie Great, you know, in the early 555 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,399 Speaker 1: two thousands, No Country for Old Man. Just forget about 556 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 1: his appearance in one of those really bad Batman movies. 557 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 1: Don't even think he forgot about that one or no, no, 558 00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,760 Speaker 1: he was two face. He was two face, right, guys, 559 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: I don't even know he was in one of those 560 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: Batman movies that I'm pretty sure the studio that owns 561 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,360 Speaker 1: the rights to it like lit all the copies on fire. So, 562 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 1: but Tommy Lee Jones back in the day was fantastic. Clay, 563 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 1: You're very optimistic about all things in Iran right now, super. 564 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 2: And look, I tend to be optimistic in general. But 565 00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 2: I trust Marco Rubio and Pete haig Seth. I just 566 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 2: think they've been phenomenal on most of their foreign policy. 567 00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 2: And I think if you look at how well things 568 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 2: are going in Venezuela, and if you question how well 569 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:17,239 Speaker 2: things are going in Venezuela, you know they're going well 570 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:21,439 Speaker 2: because there's no media coverage. We have a predisposition in 571 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 2: the United States for negative media coverage across the board. 572 00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,560 Speaker 2: Things go poorly, they get more coverage. Things go well, 573 00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 2: they get less coverage. We just opened back up the 574 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 2: embassy in Venezuela for the first time I think since 575 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 2: twenty thirteen ish was what I saw, and we've now 576 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 2: raised the American flag there. I think we're going to 577 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 2: be out of Iran quickly. I suspect that we're going 578 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 2: to eventually figure out who we can negotiate with and 579 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,600 Speaker 2: deal with. I think one of the challenges in Iran 580 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 2: right now the president's dealing with is who actually has 581 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 2: power and who can make promises and who can engage 582 00:28:53,880 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 2: in any sort of reproachment as it currently exists. And Cuba, 583 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 2: which we're going to talk about at the top of 584 00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 2: the next hour. Buck you said it ordinarily what's going 585 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:09,959 Speaker 2: on in Cuba would be a top story. I remember, 586 00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 2: what was it four or five years ago when we 587 00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 2: first started on the program together. If I'm remembering the 588 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:18,040 Speaker 2: math correctly, there were protests in Cuba, and we talked 589 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,280 Speaker 2: about that as the lead story. You remember when they 590 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 2: had the huge protests, people were waving American flags. Then 591 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 2: the Cuban government rose up and pushed back against them. 592 00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:29,040 Speaker 2: That was during Biden's administration. But the fact of where 593 00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 2: we are right now with Cuba is kind of extraordinary 594 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,800 Speaker 2: by itself, and I think it's directly connected to Venezuela 595 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 2: and to Iran. Here's one of the things we go 596 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,479 Speaker 2: to break here to think about Buck. Russia and China 597 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 2: have done nothing for Iran. Remember when everybody out there 598 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,880 Speaker 2: was like World War three will start. China's not gonna 599 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 2: let Iran get wiped out. Russia is not gonna let 600 00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:56,080 Speaker 2: Ran get wiped out. This is the weakest alliance. It's 601 00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 2: like a WWE alliance. For those of you who are 602 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 2: wrestling fans, you look over your shoulder when you're in 603 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 2: a tag team match and your boy is now you 604 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:09,280 Speaker 2: know In has joined is now in cahoots with the 605 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 2: other side. There was no alliance here. There is no 606 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 2: support anywhere for Iran from any country. It's kind of 607 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:19,719 Speaker 2: extraordinary to see, just based on the way we were 608 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 2: all told, Oh, you got to be careful, Iran's got 609 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 2: powerful allies. Yeah, they ran and they were not there 610 00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 2: at all. I want to tell you a tunnel of 611 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,560 Speaker 2: the towers born on America's darkest day of nine to eleven. 612 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:33,640 Speaker 2: We're coming up on the twenty fifth anniversary of nine 613 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 2: to eleven. We are in the twenty Firth twenty fifth 614 00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:40,440 Speaker 2: anniversary year, and we've got a story here about one 615 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 2: of America's heroes, Robert Welsh, New York City firefighter. Robert 616 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,640 Speaker 2: served as a police officer before his appointment to the 617 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:50,480 Speaker 2: fire department in two thousand and one, just weeks after 618 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,400 Speaker 2: the nine to eleven attacks. He was on the front 619 00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 2: lines of recovery efforts. Robert dedicated nearly two decades of 620 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,520 Speaker 2: his life to protecting his community. He coached youth sports, 621 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,640 Speaker 2: shared a life with his wife, Jennifer, and their three kids. 622 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 2: But Robert lost his courageous battle with nine to eleven 623 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:09,880 Speaker 2: related cancer, leaving behind his family. In this twenty fifth 624 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 2: anniversary year of nine to eleven, we continue to see 625 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 2: the toll that day is still taking on heroes and 626 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,880 Speaker 2: their families. Tunnel the Towers honored Robert by playing the 627 00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 2: by paying the Welsh families mortgage. Show your support, as 628 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:26,600 Speaker 2: both Buck and I have done. We love this organization. 629 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,640 Speaker 2: Frank Siller does an amazing job. I'm happy to be 630 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 2: able to help them. You can join us and donate 631 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,000 Speaker 2: eleven dollars a month. Amplify your impact with a car 632 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:40,280 Speaker 2: or Land donation. Go to t twot dot org. That's 633 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 2: t the number two t dot org. 634 00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 5: Patriots Radio hosts a couple of regular guys, Clay Travis 635 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,720 Speaker 5: and Buck Sexton. Find them on the free iHeartRadio app 636 00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 5: or wherever you get your podcasts. 637 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: Welcome back in here too, Clay and Buck. We'll get 638 00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,320 Speaker 1: some of your talk back, some of your thoughts about 639 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 1: all of this. For sure, we'll also discuss the situation 640 00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: of Cuba, because I think, Clay, there was a time 641 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:14,160 Speaker 1: when Trump could say some aggressive things about the future 642 00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: of Cuba, and a lot of people might have dismissed 643 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 1: it and said, you know, that's just Trump being Trump. 644 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 1: But given what's happened in Venezuela, given what's going on 645 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,240 Speaker 1: right now in Iran and the fact that Cuba is 646 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:29,520 Speaker 1: effectively in the dark. The power grid is down, yes, 647 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 1: and do you have to think about what this means? Ever, 648 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,719 Speaker 1: and this means no lights, yes, that also means refrigeration 649 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:40,719 Speaker 1: is down. It means communications are down, logistics, computers, you know, 650 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 1: to the degree they have them. These are all huge problems. Yes, 651 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,960 Speaker 1: and you have to wonder what stops this and what 652 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,880 Speaker 1: the outcome is going to be if this continues on. Well, 653 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 1: this is what we set on the program. 654 00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 2: Everybody focused on Venezuela, but really what Venezuela did was 655 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 2: isol Cuba. 656 00:33:00,720 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: Because Venezuela had been. 657 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:07,000 Speaker 2: Providing millions of barrels of oil at reduced prices to Cuba. 658 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 2: Mexico had two so there was sort of this Latin 659 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:16,640 Speaker 2: American beneficial treatment that Cuba was getting. And once you 660 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:21,280 Speaker 2: replaced Maduro Delse Rodriguez, as part of her coming into power, 661 00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:26,160 Speaker 2: was told, hey, the free treatment basically for Cuba is done, 662 00:33:26,840 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 2: and Cuba's isolated. And I think President Trump we'll talk 663 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,600 Speaker 2: about this at the top of the next hour. I 664 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 2: think President Trump has got a significant decision to make, 665 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 2: and certainly Marco Rubio does our secretary of State who 666 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,640 Speaker 2: probably knows more about Cuba than anybody in the government 667 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:43,080 Speaker 2: based on his family's history. 668 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: What do we do. There's eight point five. 669 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 2: Million Cubans in Cuba. I believe there's one point six 670 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 2: million ish Cubans, many of whom are listening to us 671 00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 2: right now, majority in South Florida, but all over the country. 672 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,600 Speaker 2: Cuba is a jewel of the care Ribbean. It could 673 00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 2: rapidly become an economic heavyweight. 674 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:05,840 Speaker 1: I really do believe that. 675 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:10,920 Speaker 2: And well, intially, yeah, tourism, well yeah, but I mean 676 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:14,680 Speaker 2: people could live instead of driving around the nineteen fifties, 677 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 2: you know cars. Given the proximity to the United States, 678 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,520 Speaker 2: every cruise ship would be stopping in Cuba. You would 679 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:25,880 Speaker 2: be flooded with United States tourists. Again, it used to 680 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:29,239 Speaker 2: be Las Vegas. Before it was Las Vegas. I think 681 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 2: Cuba would really be a very successful economic turnaround story. 682 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:36,880 Speaker 1: But how do we handle it? 683 00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 2: And how do we end up with somebody who is 684 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 2: outside of the Communist Party in charge of Cuba. And again, 685 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,640 Speaker 2: there's a Supreme Court case buck that's not getting a 686 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 2: lot of attention. That has to do with the takings 687 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:54,240 Speaker 2: ninety five percent of Cuban property was owned by United 688 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 2: States interest in terms of corporate property, and the communist 689 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:01,319 Speaker 2: government just took it away. And so I think there's 690 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,880 Speaker 2: probably a lot of American companies with claims to assets 691 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,800 Speaker 2: in Cuba that would love the opportunity to have access 692 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 2: to those again. 693 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:09,680 Speaker 1: So all of that. 694 00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 2: Is playing out, to say nothing of the geopolitical implications 695 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,880 Speaker 2: of not having an enemy of the country within ninety 696 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:20,160 Speaker 2: miles of Key West. I think this is a potentially 697 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:23,360 Speaker 2: transformative time and it has a bit of an echo 698 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 2: feeling for when the Berlin Wall came down to me 699 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 2: because of Venezuela, Iran, and Cuba, all American adversaries being 700 00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,800 Speaker 2: staggered collectively as one. I think it's a big picture 701 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:39,239 Speaker 2: story that is being undercovered, under discussed, and potentially could 702 00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:44,320 Speaker 2: be foundationally transformational to the country. That's my optimistic side 703 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 2: buck as the pessimist probably will say, the Communists will 704 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:51,359 Speaker 2: stay in power, Iran's going to be the exact same, 705 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,440 Speaker 2: We're just going to have to bomb them every few years. 706 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,919 Speaker 1: And well, you are somewhat optimistic on Venezuela. At least 707 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,759 Speaker 1: Venezuela is going to be a little bit better than 708 00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: it was. What happened to by the way, I thought 709 00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 1: we were all. I thought we were on the cusp 710 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:04,799 Speaker 1: of doing a Clay and Buck show from Greenland, but 711 00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: apparently not. 712 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 2: How about Alberta, that's actually potentially a play. Trump tweeted 713 00:36:10,520 --> 00:36:13,080 Speaker 2: that Venezuela could be the fifty first state. There's talk 714 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,520 Speaker 2: that Alberta is going to try to secede from Canada. 715 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,319 Speaker 2: That's their oil and gas behemoth in America's top hat, 716 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:21,840 Speaker 2: and they want to come join us down here in 717 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 2: the good old USA. 718 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:27,959 Speaker 1: People forget Ulysses Grant, big fan of trying to take 719 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:32,919 Speaker 1: the Dominican Republic into the American fold. Something that doesn't 720 00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,440 Speaker 1: get a lot of attention. People forget this from history. 721 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,319 Speaker 1: But you know, sometimes we see something and we're like, 722 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 1: you know what, that place is nice. I like the weather. 723 00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:42,799 Speaker 1: Let's go check it out. Let let's take it