1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to today's edition of The Clay Travis and Buck 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: Sexton Show podcast. Welcome in. We are rolling into the 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 1: Wednesday edition from all signs pointing towards Iran, continuing what 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 1: exactly is going to happen there? We will give you 5 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: the absolute latest good numbers on inflation, oil and gas prices. 6 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: The number one story, I would say right now in 7 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 1: at MSNBC and let's see not the case at CNN 8 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 1: or at Fox News. Doing all my reading getting ready 9 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 1: for the show today, what stood out to me is 10 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: several different things that I want to dive into with 11 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,560 Speaker 1: Buck here off the top, but there are quotes from 12 00:00:52,760 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: President Trump via Axios a conversation that he had and 13 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:02,760 Speaker 1: I grabbed. One of those quotes is not audio, but 14 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: President Trump told Axios anytime I want the war to end, 15 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: it will end UH and Buck, I think that is 16 00:01:11,720 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 1: likely true. And here is to me still the big 17 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 1: question that we have been asking since this all started. 18 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 1: Who is the acceptable leader for Iran that would allow 19 00:01:23,920 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: this UH situation in Iran to end in some way 20 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,320 Speaker 1: with the understanding that we would now at least the 21 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: Iranians would know that at any point in time we 22 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: could decapitate their leader. If this son of Kamene is 23 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:45,119 Speaker 1: still alive, Moktaba or however you pronounce his name, if 24 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 1: Taba like much tabah. If he's still alive, I have 25 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 1: not an accent. Guy. I can't do accents. I can 26 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: do do my voice, and that's pretty much it. So 27 00:01:59,640 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: if he he's still alive, which I think is very 28 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: much in question because they're dancing around with cardboard cutouts 29 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 1: of him. If you didn't see that as the representation 30 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: of their new leader, here is what I would say, 31 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:15,280 Speaker 1: if he is still alive and if he is able 32 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 1: to recover, because there are reports that if he is 33 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: still alive, that he is severely injured and was harmed 34 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,080 Speaker 1: quite a lot in the blast that took place to 35 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: begin this onslaught in Iran. His dad, his son, his wife, 36 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:36,799 Speaker 1: and his mom were reportedly all killed in the one 37 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: of those opening attacks. Let me just put this to you, 38 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: Buck and to all of you out there, would you 39 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: be very fond or willing to work in an expeditious 40 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: and pleasing fashion if a country killed your dad, your mom, 41 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:56,360 Speaker 1: your wife, and your son. I would submit to you 42 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:58,800 Speaker 1: that if he is still alive, it is a non 43 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: starter that he could be the leader left in charge 44 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,760 Speaker 1: in Iran, because I would not blame him. I would 45 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: want America to die on a level that, frankly, or 46 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: any other country that did this, on a level that 47 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: would burn in my soul for the rest of my life. 48 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:17,920 Speaker 1: I think this could actually be worse because it's you know, 49 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 1: you wounded, you didn't kill a terrorist. That doesn't seem 50 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:23,600 Speaker 1: my deal there. You've done a lot of this study 51 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 1: terrorists who are wounded and don't die often end up 52 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:31,280 Speaker 1: being the most virulent of terrorists in their future years. 53 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 1: So I would start with this, Him being in charge 54 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: is unacceptable. And so I don't know if we have 55 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: a leader that is acceptable, but I would say if 56 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 1: he's alive, he is an unacceptable heir to the Iranian leadership. 57 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 2: I think that we have seen the total military intelligence 58 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 2: and particularly aerial superiority of the United States and Israel 59 00:03:56,960 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 2: on display and substantial, a substantial diminishing of Iranian capability, 60 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 2: particularly to make war of any kind outside of its 61 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:14,320 Speaker 2: own borders. I am not seeing anything about there's some 62 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,920 Speaker 2: other faction or some other group that could theoretically oversee 63 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 2: a transition take over. 64 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,240 Speaker 1: And so what I think is going to continue to 65 00:04:24,279 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 1: be the case. 66 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: Clay is, we have our Department of War and Secretary 67 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: of Hegseth and Trump degrading Iranian military capability and taking 68 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 2: out seeenior targets. I do not see how this turns 69 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,480 Speaker 2: into a different regime at the end of it, and 70 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 2: I felt that way the whole time. I now perhaps 71 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 2: that is what was baked in all along. We're being 72 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: told that regime change was never The administration is saying 73 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 2: regime change was not the goal. Okay, you're taking out 74 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 2: all the leadership in this country, and then you're going 75 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 2: to have, to your point, perhaps a more virulent leadership 76 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 2: coming right. 77 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: There, and he justified furious, like, leave aside the politics again. 78 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: Everybody out there, just think if someone you knew killed 79 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 1: your mom, your dad, your son, and your wife, would 80 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: you be likely to work in a positive manner with 81 00:05:18,720 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: that country or that group. Ever, I think the answer 82 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:21,719 Speaker 1: is no. 83 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's obviously the correct assessment on that. So I 84 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 2: think we're gonna have a declare victory and cease aerial 85 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 2: hostilities moment here within the next couple of weeks. 86 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 1: I don't know when exactly. I'm obviously not on the 87 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 1: high side. 88 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 2: As we used to say, I don't have access to 89 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 2: classified or any of that, and if I did, I 90 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 2: wouldn't be talking about it here on radio. But my 91 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 2: sense is that they're just going to realize the problem 92 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:56,120 Speaker 2: with our position on all this. Our military position is 93 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: that if you can't force, if you don't have a 94 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 2: ground force, can't force change on the ground, and that 95 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: is where we are. There is no Northern Alliance to 96 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:09,840 Speaker 2: work with the Kurds. There's not enough of them. They 97 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 2: don't want to get I mean, they can't run the 98 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 2: whole country, and that's a non started. 99 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: Notice. 100 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:15,680 Speaker 2: People talked about the Curds for about twenty four hours 101 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 2: until they took out a map and learned the basic demographics. 102 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 2: We had that guy who was a military military advisor 103 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:25,200 Speaker 2: in northern Iraq, one of our listeners. He wrote in 104 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 2: and said, yeah, you're right, Yeah, of course I was 105 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,760 Speaker 2: up there too. I know the mindset of the Kurds 106 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: with this stuff. They don't want any part of trying 107 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,040 Speaker 2: to police the rest of Iran. They couldn't do it 108 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 2: on top of all that. So I don't see. I 109 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 2: don't see the way that this ends with a hopeful 110 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 2: new future for Iran. I see this as we have 111 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,359 Speaker 2: defanged the snake, but there are gonna be little baby 112 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:55,040 Speaker 2: snakes that grow fangs in time after this. That's how 113 00:06:55,080 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 2: I don't see what the alternative is. 114 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: There also is the question, and I think this matters too, 115 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 1: and I believe we have a cut of this of 116 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: other people talking about something that is being speculated quite significantly. 117 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,760 Speaker 1: It is is the son actually alive? In other words, 118 00:07:14,720 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 1: is this potentially an opportunity that Iran has taken to 119 00:07:19,200 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: try and prevent the new leader from getting killed by 120 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 1: actually elevating a leader who's already dead. And there's audio 121 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: of that. I want to play that in a sec 122 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: But Buck the other part of this is if he 123 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: is still alive, he may be protected from being able 124 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: to be attacked because if they have him in a hospital, 125 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: it's hard to take out someone in a hospital without 126 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: killing a lot of other people. And then the same 127 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: media that didn't care when Iran killed thirty thousand people 128 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: is suddenly going to be leading stories with look at 129 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 1: Israel in the United States targeting people in hospitals, or 130 00:07:56,280 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: they got the guy being treated. As you're starting to see, 131 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: Iran has moved whatever assets they have remaining for the state, 132 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: into schools, into residential areas, so that when we are 133 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:14,160 Speaker 1: attempting to strike these assets, then they immediately cry, oh, look, 134 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 1: they're just targeting innocence, as if this regime has any 135 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: moral authority at all, given the fact that they killed 136 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: over thirty thousand protesters just in the beginning of this year. 137 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:32,400 Speaker 2: We've seen this in authoritarian Muslim Mid East states for decades, 138 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 2: where the regime in charge. You have to remember, the 139 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 2: regime in charge not only disallows there to be a 140 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 2: political opposition, they also recognize if they lose power. I mean, 141 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 2: you just talked about the thirty thousand protesters killed in 142 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 2: the streets. Yes, you got to think if you are 143 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 2: a member of the besiege, which is the which is 144 00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:58,719 Speaker 2: the Islamic Revolutions militia, if you will this sort of 145 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:01,520 Speaker 2: street militia, street thug. They had a very similar thing 146 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 2: in Syria, I might have called the Shabiha. This is 147 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 2: a common thing. You have the military, which you make 148 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 2: sure is ideologically committed and radicalized to the overall cause 149 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 2: of Islamism jihadism, and then below that you have this 150 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 2: paramilitary organization that's meant to know block to block, house 151 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:24,080 Speaker 2: to house who's doing what? And they have the total 152 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,920 Speaker 2: blessing of the state to be as vicious and disgusting 153 00:09:27,960 --> 00:09:30,640 Speaker 2: and tyrannical as they want, as long as it's serving 154 00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 2: the interests of the state play those individuals. You have 155 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 2: to always remember this though. I know we've said there's 156 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 2: an amnesty for the IRGC. Okay, well, that means that 157 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 2: we're saying put down your arms and we won't blow 158 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 2: you up. You brought up what happens if someone kills 159 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 2: your you know, your wife, your your your parents, your kids, 160 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,200 Speaker 2: all of the above, you're gonna forget that. You're gonna 161 00:09:50,280 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 2: if you're now part of the new regime, you're going 162 00:09:53,120 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 2: to say, hey, when you guys killed those thirty thousand protesters, 163 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 2: you know what, let's let bygones be bygones. 164 00:09:57,559 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 3: Know. 165 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 1: In fact, the Kadafi effect is you. 166 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 2: Better stay in power or you may up with a 167 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 2: bayonet in a very uncomfortable place. Yeah, like, bad things happen. 168 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 2: And so it's zero sum for the people inmy Iran 169 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:16,520 Speaker 2: who have been running the country. You got America killing 170 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 2: their leadership, and you've got whatever the opposition on the 171 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 2: street could be. The Iranian street if you will, if 172 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,280 Speaker 2: they come into power, they at a minimum you got 173 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:28,760 Speaker 2: to think you might be going to prison in some 174 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 2: hell hole, and maybe even worse than that. So my point, 175 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 2: Clay is they'll fight to the very end. There's no 176 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 2: off ramp for them as far as they see. And 177 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 2: that's not even taking into account the ideological commitment to 178 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:41,959 Speaker 2: stopping the Crusaders and Jews and all the you know, 179 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 2: death to America, Great Satan stuff. That's just the basic card, 180 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,200 Speaker 2: cold hard political reality of the situation they face, which 181 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 2: is why I was hoping that we would start to 182 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 2: see a oh wow, there is some kind of door 183 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 2: number two here, or there is something that they've got planned, 184 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:05,160 Speaker 2: and no, we're just completely annihilating their military capacity. And 185 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 2: then I think we're going to stop, and then we 186 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,560 Speaker 2: might have to do this again. It's gonna be like 187 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,640 Speaker 2: mowing the grass, but it's. 188 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 1: A lot more expensive and human and monetary costs than 189 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,720 Speaker 1: mowing the grass. And also again the question becomes, who 190 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: is even leading Iran? And I think this is the question. 191 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 1: The new Supreme Leader who they trotted out with cardboard 192 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,840 Speaker 1: cutout at the rally, which doesn't suggest that he's actually 193 00:11:28,840 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: that help healthy. Yeah, that's like the opposite of a 194 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:34,199 Speaker 1: proof of life when they have the cardboard cutout of 195 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: you at the rally. No, No, that doesn't look a 196 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 1: lot of you also were laughing in the comments. You 197 00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: were saying, Hey, maybe we shouldn't criticize Iran that much 198 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,679 Speaker 1: about showing up with a cardboard cutout since we effectively 199 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 1: had a cardboard cutout president for four years, which is, yeah, 200 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 1: very fair point. But here's the Washington Post Jason Rezihan saying, 201 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,880 Speaker 1: what I think is really being contemplated at a significant 202 00:11:59,880 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: way level. Is this guy even alive? Cut twelve. 203 00:12:03,280 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 4: I wasn't super surprised by his election. There's been a 204 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 4: lot of talk that he might succeed his father when 205 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 4: his father died. This speculation has been around for more 206 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:16,640 Speaker 4: than a decade. I also wonder if the fact that 207 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,560 Speaker 4: we haven't seen him indicates that he might not be alive. 208 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:23,439 Speaker 4: I mean, I don't think that there's a clear indication 209 00:12:23,520 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 4: that anyone has spoken to him. The President of Iran, 210 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 4: mass Possess Kon said today that neither he nor anyone 211 00:12:31,040 --> 00:12:34,360 Speaker 4: else in his government had spoken with the younger comedy 212 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 4: since he was appointed Supreme Leader on Sunday. So there's 213 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 4: still so much confusion around this. 214 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,320 Speaker 1: And Buckett could be again an opportunity to make it 215 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:49,120 Speaker 1: seem as if he is the leader when it makes 216 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 1: it harder to target the actual leader. And there may 217 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: be a relatively only handful of people that even know 218 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:57,080 Speaker 1: whether he's alive or not. But when you name a 219 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: new Supreme leader and he isn't going to be, that 220 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:06,199 Speaker 1: definitely raises questions about what his health actually is. We'll 221 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: take your calls on this one. 222 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 2: It's getting the point where I think a lot of 223 00:13:11,360 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: people are running out of patients on the plan here, 224 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 2: whatever it may be. And I mean people who support Trump. 225 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 2: I'm not talking about Trump haters, but maybe look, the 226 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 2: polling has said this pretty consistently, Clay, as long as 227 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 2: this is done this month, people are like, Okay, maybe 228 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 2: it was necessary. They know they're on a time Our 229 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 2: team is on a timeline with this, and it's a 230 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,599 Speaker 2: tight timeline. All right, we'll get back to it in 231 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 2: a second. 232 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: Here, the presence of first responders, villages, cities, the missiles 233 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,640 Speaker 1: that continue to rain down, the drones that continue to 234 00:13:43,720 --> 00:13:47,400 Speaker 1: rain down on Israel, the International Fellowship of Christians and 235 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: Jews has been working there for many years. Their entire 236 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 1: team is supplying bomb shelters, medical centers, critically needed essential 237 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: aspects of life as the attacks rain down on Israel. 238 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 1: Since we have gone into Iran, I saw for myself 239 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 1: they have hospitals in Israel that they have designed. It's 240 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: really kind of amazing to see. They've designed them so 241 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: that the parking garages can be the hospital itself. In 242 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: other words, they take everybody off the upper floors because 243 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:22,160 Speaker 1: of the danger of attack, and they relocate everyone. The 244 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: entire hospital is taking place in the parking garages. Think 245 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: about how crazy that is to have to do. That 246 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: is one of the things that the IFCJ has helped 247 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:35,680 Speaker 1: to create. 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That's IFCJ dot org. 257 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 2: Okay, why are we bombing the you know what out 258 00:15:22,880 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 2: of Iran? What are we doing over there? What caused 259 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,440 Speaker 2: this to happen? Steve Witkoff, who is a senior Trump 260 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 2: Mideast negotiator, he says the file this is called nine Guys. 261 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 2: He says the following about why we had to do 262 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 2: this and had to do this now it. 263 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 5: Think about what this world would look like if you 264 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 5: didn't have Donald Trump as the president. Because in the year, 265 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:47,600 Speaker 5: if you had someone who didn't have the courage to 266 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 5: do this action, you'd have thirty or forty nuclear. 267 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: Bombs and what would the world look like there? 268 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 5: So thank god we have a president and leadership at 269 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 5: the helm that makes these courageous decisions. 270 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:06,560 Speaker 2: Thirty or forty nuclear bombs if Trump didn't do this. Now, 271 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 2: this is where it gets for a lot of people. 272 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 2: We've been hearing that Iran's gonna have nukes for a 273 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 2: long time. I think Iran wants nukes. 274 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 1: I think the. 275 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 2: Amulas are evil, Like I'm I'm very aligned with the 276 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:19,160 Speaker 2: administration's view of Iran. 277 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:19,920 Speaker 4: On. 278 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,640 Speaker 2: I'm just saying, Clay, it becomes a little trickier to 279 00:16:23,760 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 2: sell people on the imminence of this threat when we've 280 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 2: been hearing and there are eclipse circulating of net Nyahutak. 281 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 2: We've been hearing, you know, within within sixty days, they're 282 00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 2: going to have within three weeks, within four months. For 283 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 2: twenty years, we've been hearing this, and this is why, 284 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:40,240 Speaker 2: this is why I think, Josh, here, let me see 285 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 2: the Josh Holly thing. We can come back, and here's 286 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 2: Josh Holly saying it's time declared victory and get out 287 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 2: of this play seven. 288 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 3: What is there really that's left to do that we 289 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 3: haven't already done. I mean, we have demonstrated to the 290 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,440 Speaker 3: world and anybody who's watching by the way, that we 291 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 3: have overwhelming military superiority and we know how to use it. 292 00:16:56,560 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 3: We have totally destroyed forever their nuclear we have destroyed 293 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 3: their ballistic missiles, we have destroyed their navy. I mean, 294 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,760 Speaker 3: this has been a total success in whatever it's been 295 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 3: eleven days. And I thought the president's remarks last night 296 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 3: that he could declare victory today and it would be 297 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 3: a one victory. 298 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 1: I think it's true. 299 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,360 Speaker 3: I think we ought to say to our heroes, thank 300 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 3: you for a job well done. This has been absolutely amazing, 301 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,120 Speaker 3: it's been astounding, it's been historic, and now it's time 302 00:17:24,160 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 3: to declare victory. 303 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,600 Speaker 2: All right, Claire, I want your take on where Holly 304 00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 2: is with this when we come back, because declare victory and. 305 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: You know and move on. Is we're here. 306 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 2: Hally is a Trump guy, to be clear, He's been 307 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,240 Speaker 2: a Trump guy all along. So this is what you 308 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,879 Speaker 2: get from somebody who's aligned with the administration. I'm not 309 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:44,200 Speaker 2: sure the administration doesn't also feel this, or Trump saying 310 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 2: he can end it at any time. It's going to 311 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:48,200 Speaker 2: end soon. We're making sense of all this together, friends, 312 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 2: all right, would you know what to do? I know 313 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 2: it's a scary thought, but you got to be prepared 314 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:54,399 Speaker 2: for this in advance. 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And 351 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: in this thing, there is actually on the prediction markets 352 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: buck a wager right now will moch Taba, that is, 353 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:58,000 Speaker 1: the ostensible new leader of Iran be seen in public 354 00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:01,399 Speaker 1: by the end of the month. It's basically fifty to fifty. 355 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 1: So for those of you out there, I mean we're 356 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 1: still relatively early into March. For those of you out 357 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 1: there that are skeptical, I would put myself into this 358 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:14,600 Speaker 1: camp about whether or not he is in fact alive. 359 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: The fact that we may or may not see him 360 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 1: for the entire month of March is a sign that 361 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:26,400 Speaker 1: something might well be going on. That is, either he's 362 00:20:26,400 --> 00:20:29,400 Speaker 1: severely injured or he is not even alive and they're 363 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 1: trying to protect from having somebody else get taken out 364 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 1: on Josh Holly. Missouri Senator Josh Hally's been on this 365 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: program a lot. I know him, I like him. I 366 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: think he's going to run for president buck and so 367 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 1: I think some of the statements that you're seeing that 368 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: are occurring out here, you should consider them as almost 369 00:20:50,840 --> 00:20:54,520 Speaker 1: an early audition for the twenty twenty eight primary. And 370 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:55,199 Speaker 1: let me explain. 371 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 4: So. 372 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 1: First of all, I think declaring victory and saying hey, 373 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: we've gotten everything we need to get done, is what 374 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: is going to happen. I would say at some point 375 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 1: in March. I think you and I probably agree. When 376 00:21:05,880 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: exactly that will be, I think remains to be seen. 377 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,159 Speaker 1: But think about the jostling and the jockeying that is 378 00:21:13,200 --> 00:21:15,480 Speaker 1: going to go on. We don't know what's gonna happen. 379 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: There's a front page article today about Trump increasingly asking people, hey, 380 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,720 Speaker 1: do you like Marco Rubio or jd Vance? Better? Setting 381 00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 1: up We were talking about this off air and apprentice 382 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:33,359 Speaker 1: style runoff for who is Trump going to endorse. I 383 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: think that Trump will play this for everything it's worth, 384 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: and we'll see what happens between JD Vance and Marco Rubio. 385 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 1: I would be stunned beyond belief if Senator Ted Cruz 386 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:48,920 Speaker 1: of Texas doesn't run, and increasingly Josh Holly might while 387 00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:51,960 Speaker 1: well run too. And so I think you can start 388 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: looking at this and say, Okay, what is the lane? 389 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: What is the lane under which they might run? And 390 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,120 Speaker 1: I'll give you a couple of takes here on how 391 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:07,880 Speaker 1: I see this developing. Ted Cruz sees himself, I think 392 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:13,399 Speaker 1: as the foremost defender of Israel in the Republican Party 393 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,159 Speaker 1: right now. I mean, leaving aside Lindsey Graham, who's just 394 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 1: totally out to crazy town on wanting to go to 395 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 1: war with everybody, but so Ted Cruz, I think, sees 396 00:22:24,200 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 1: himself as opposed directly to what I would say is 397 00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: the Ted Cruz, sorry, the Tucker Carlson JD Vance wing, 398 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,320 Speaker 1: which I think he's trying to define. It seems clear 399 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,840 Speaker 1: to me Cruz is going at Tucker Carlson. There's firing 400 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,080 Speaker 1: back at each other and trying to say Tucker is 401 00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: anti Israel and Ted Cruz pro Israel, and so that 402 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,600 Speaker 1: battleground is happening. I think he sees Elaine there. Josh Hawley, 403 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 1: I think sees a lane as being the completely anti 404 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: intervention wing of the Republican Party, which is a lot 405 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:00,720 Speaker 1: of you out there in this group. I don't want 406 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: to do anything external at all. I want to focus 407 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,960 Speaker 1: one hundred percent on America, and I would say that 408 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:10,479 Speaker 1: that Marco Rubio and Jade Vance are somewhere in that 409 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:14,359 Speaker 1: grouping two. So I do think the story beyond the 410 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 1: story here is Josh Holly is saying, Hey, it's time 411 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,840 Speaker 1: to declare victory. This is Josh Holly trying to brand himself, 412 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:25,919 Speaker 1: I think intelligently as the anti interventionist wing of the 413 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 1: Republican Party to potentially lay the groundwork for his presidential 414 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,600 Speaker 1: ambitions in twenty eight. Do you see that like? I 415 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: think we agree that at some point Trump is going 416 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: to declare victory. But I think Holly speaking out in 417 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,760 Speaker 1: this way is about trying to establish what his lane 418 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: would be if he is going to run in twenty eight. 419 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 1: He's going to try to pick up the mantle of 420 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,160 Speaker 1: I am America First. That is my lane, no New 421 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,439 Speaker 1: Wars everything. I think that's what he'll run on. 422 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 2: I think you're right about the Holly political assessment as 423 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 2: it pertains to him in his future. I also think 424 00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: he's just concerned about where this goes if this continues 425 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,000 Speaker 2: on for the Republican Party. And this may sound hokey 426 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,400 Speaker 2: corny to some people, but for the country I think 427 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:17,600 Speaker 2: there are concerns about what can happen here if the 428 00:24:17,720 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 2: mission set drags on, or if there is a lack 429 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 2: of clarity about what can be accomplished with what we're 430 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 2: willing to do, and that's really the main thing here. 431 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: Could we bring about regime change in Iran? 432 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 2: Absolutely if we're willing to do things that we absolutely 433 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:36,120 Speaker 2: should not do. 434 00:24:36,359 --> 00:24:38,400 Speaker 1: That would require a lot of American. 435 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 2: Investment and lives and time and effort, nightmarish levels of 436 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 2: those things. So we don't want to do that. So 437 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,919 Speaker 2: since we don't want to do that, since we have 438 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 2: a limited goal in this context of military intervention, let's 439 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 2: keep it nice and limited. Got got to keep this 440 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,280 Speaker 2: thing tight, can't let it spill over. And I think 441 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:02,000 Speaker 2: that's what Josh Holly saying, and I think others are 442 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 2: seeing this too, because if there was some big other 443 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 2: part of the plan than just blowing the crap out 444 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 2: of all the Iranian military stuff and their leadership, Okay, 445 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 2: I think we would start to see that by now. 446 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: I could be wrong. 447 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,200 Speaker 2: Maybe next week I come on and say, oh wow, look, 448 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 2: I think it's highly highly unlikely at this point, So 449 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 2: that means we all I think it would also be 450 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:29,919 Speaker 2: good to give us some sense as to what the 451 00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 2: military is. The military objective, Clay, just to leave Iran 452 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 2: as toothless as a military course as possible. And then 453 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:41,640 Speaker 2: how close are we to that? Are we seventy five 454 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,880 Speaker 2: percent of the way there? Are we more like, you know, 455 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 2: thirty forty percent of the way there? Well, what I 456 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 2: think we're probably more like seventy five percent. So that's 457 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 2: that indicates to me that this thing could wrap up soon. 458 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:54,800 Speaker 2: But I'm actually with Josh Holly on the it should 459 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,120 Speaker 2: wrap up soon. I mean the whole declaring victory thing, 460 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,479 Speaker 2: and yeah, we know we won. Obviously they don't even 461 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 2: have a military left. But enough is enough. 462 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 1: President Trump is taking questions right now on the south 463 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,480 Speaker 1: lawn of the White House. We will pay attention to that. 464 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,680 Speaker 1: It's being carried live on every network. He did say earlier, 465 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:18,320 Speaker 1: Buck another quote, war will end soon. This is according 466 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 1: to Axios, there is practically nothing left to target, which 467 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:27,000 Speaker 1: I mean the mission goes directly to the mission has 468 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:32,880 Speaker 1: been has been completed. My concern, my concern we started 469 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,120 Speaker 1: off the show talking about it is I don't think 470 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:38,760 Speaker 1: we can leave this guy moch Tabak moch Tabi Kamene 471 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 1: in charge. I just and Buck's gonna love my pronunce. 472 00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,880 Speaker 1: You're not team. We can't leave Little Moe. We can't 473 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 1: leave Little Moe to go full Trump here. We can't 474 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:54,760 Speaker 1: leave Little Moe in charge because I just if again, 475 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,919 Speaker 1: whatever your background is, I just I believe in venja. 476 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:04,479 Speaker 1: I believe in anger and revenge. Whatever your background is, 477 00:27:04,520 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 1: listening to us right now. If your dad, your mom, 478 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,560 Speaker 1: your wife, and your son all got killed by someone, 479 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:11,880 Speaker 1: would you ever shake hands with them for the rest 480 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 1: of your life and work to make the world a 481 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: better place. No, I bet almost all of you would 482 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 1: be hell bent on the vengeance for that act being 483 00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 1: done to your family. I don't think we leave aside 484 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 1: the religion, leave aside the everything else. There's no way 485 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: this guy is a functional leader that benefits America. He 486 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:30,880 Speaker 1: cannot be in charge. 487 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 2: There is a really important piece of the geopolitical analysis 488 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 2: here that we haven't taken into account yet, and I 489 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 2: think that's at some level that's just on us. We 490 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 2: have to deal with a lot here. We're trying to 491 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 2: bring things all together. But Whoopy Goldberg has weighed in 492 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 2: on the situation, and. 493 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:52,720 Speaker 1: I almost speak. 494 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 2: She has a take for us here about what's really 495 00:27:56,880 --> 00:28:02,160 Speaker 2: going on? And oh she's tying in and Epstein and 496 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 2: Nancy Guthrie. This is quite a take everybody on the 497 00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 2: Iran aerial campaign play thirteen. 498 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:12,120 Speaker 6: It's just nutty as hell. It's nutty as hell. Yeah, 499 00:28:12,119 --> 00:28:15,440 Speaker 6: and you're right. Every day is something new, and it's 500 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 6: you know, I was thinking about it yesterday because I thought, well, okay, 501 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 6: why haven't we been talking about Savannah Guthrie and what's 502 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:24,679 Speaker 6: going on? 503 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: Then? 504 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 6: Why have we not been talking about the Epstein files 505 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:33,200 Speaker 6: because that's still there. Yeah, this has meant to get 506 00:28:33,280 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 6: us so worked up that we are unable to see 507 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:37,520 Speaker 6: anything out. 508 00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:43,560 Speaker 2: The Kissinger of our era, Whoopy Goldberg with Clay Trump 509 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 2: is bombing the crap out of Iran, so that we're 510 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:50,640 Speaker 2: not talking about Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping. We didn't take this 511 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 2: into account at the start of the show. Perhaps we 512 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:54,960 Speaker 2: need to reassess our analysis. 513 00:28:55,560 --> 00:29:00,280 Speaker 1: I look at this and she is a moron, right, 514 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,840 Speaker 1: But I don't think most people look to the Star 515 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: of Ghost if I remember correctly, and the Color Purple 516 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: as the most savvy political analyst of our time. The 517 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 1: fact that the crowd clapped when she said that is 518 00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 1: I think more of an indictment than will be Goldberg's 519 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:24,520 Speaker 1: awful decision. And so I can't believe that this is 520 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:29,280 Speaker 1: real and that ABC News would continue to support this show, 521 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: which is just political propaganda. And every time we play 522 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 1: a clip from the View, we should probably mention that 523 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: we have both offered to go on the View. It 524 00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: would have been made great sense for your book coming out, 525 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:43,200 Speaker 1: for my book coming outs promotion to an audience that 526 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: otherwise might not see it. They won't allow reasonably intelligent 527 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,800 Speaker 1: people who disagree with them by and large to go 528 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:54,560 Speaker 1: on because they know that their arguments and their argued 529 00:29:54,760 --> 00:29:57,720 Speaker 1: ers are ultimately not very smart. And I will give 530 00:29:57,760 --> 00:30:01,520 Speaker 1: credit Elizabeth Hasselbeck what I don't think we played the cut. 531 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 1: She used to be on the show, if I remember correctly. 532 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 1: She lives here in Nashville. Her husband's good football coach, 533 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: and so I know them, and she did a great 534 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 1: job actually arguing with some of the some of the 535 00:30:17,800 --> 00:30:20,800 Speaker 1: hosts on the show. I think they were talking about 536 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: the save act Buck and she actually called out the 537 00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 1: audience and said, how many of you had to provide 538 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,600 Speaker 1: ID to be able to come watch this show today? 539 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 1: And like the whole audience raises their hand. I mean, 540 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 1: I do think you know the idea that it is racist. 541 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,400 Speaker 1: It was it racist of the view to require ID 542 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:42,240 Speaker 1: to come watch their show. It's such a ridiculous argument 543 00:30:42,280 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: against it. We're going to talk about Tommy Clampervill Senator 544 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 1: about this in a little bit, but. 545 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,240 Speaker 2: I think you're missing the forest for the trees here. 546 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:54,239 Speaker 2: Republicans want to talk about the Save America Act so 547 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 2: that we're not talking about the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping. According 548 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:01,040 Speaker 2: to Wipe Goldberg, that's where we are, that's our big plan. 549 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: I will say, the Nancy Guthrier kidnapping is still really weird, 550 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: and I have still been following, of course. 551 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 2: But I don't think that Trump is trying to cover 552 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 2: it up by starting a war in a foreign country. 553 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:18,600 Speaker 1: Why. It's crazy. Also, it's a crazy take because Trump 554 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: isn't responsible for the Nancy Dancy Guthrie story, right. She 555 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 1: at least followed it up by saying the Epstein steam five, 556 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,280 Speaker 1: which is actually something you're hearing some people say on 557 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: the left. But I haven't heard anybody suggest prior to 558 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,360 Speaker 1: whoopee hey, the reason we went to war is so 559 00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,600 Speaker 1: we're not talking about the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping. And again 560 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,520 Speaker 1: I just come back on the view buck. They have 561 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: huge staffs of people pitching them ideas all day long, 562 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,479 Speaker 1: every day. All you have to have to do that 563 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: show is an IQ of forty six, because they're coming 564 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:55,440 Speaker 1: to you on a regular basis saying, hey, here's a take, 565 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,400 Speaker 1: here's a take, here's three articles you need to read 566 00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: to be somewhat informed on. And they won't do the 567 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 1: bare minimum. How much prep do you think will be 568 00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,400 Speaker 1: Goldberg does for that show? Six minutes a day, Like 569 00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: she shows up, gets her makeup done, has a conversation 570 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: with her makeup artist. I guarant I don't even know 571 00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: if she reads the newspaper. I mean, it's actually an 572 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:20,280 Speaker 1: insult to the audience how little she actually spends prepping 573 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: before she gets paid millions of dollars to go share 574 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,480 Speaker 1: her opinions. In my always humble opinion, I want to 575 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 1: tell you price picks all fifty states five dollars. You 576 00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,760 Speaker 1: get back fifty dollars in all fifty states. It's a 577 00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,880 Speaker 1: great deal. You can play it from Washington all the 578 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:41,160 Speaker 1: way down to Florida, from Maine all the way down 579 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,360 Speaker 1: to Arizona. I think I'm getting the map pretty close 580 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 1: there wherever you are across the country with and breadth 581 00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 1: all fifty states. Did you see last night? Some of 582 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 1: you did. Our baseball team choked. We got beat by 583 00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,960 Speaker 1: Italy in the World Baseball Classic. Now we got to 584 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,840 Speaker 1: have Italy beat Mexico in order to advance to the 585 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 1: now stage. Conference basketball tournaments are going right now. Buck 586 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 1: is a diehard college basketball fan. That is underway right now. 587 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 1: March Madness. NBA had a player score eighty three points 588 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: last night. You could have gotten a heck of a 589 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: deal if you'd taken the more on Bam Auto Bio. 590 00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:20,360 Speaker 1: All of that's going on right now. Pricepicks dot Com 591 00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: code Clay. That is, pricepicks dot Com code Clay, Clay 592 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,080 Speaker 1: five dollars turns into fifty dollars. Price picks dot Com 593 00:33:27,120 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 1: code Clay. 594 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 2: A lot of emails, a lot of talkbacks pouring in here, 595 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 2: particularly on the Iran situation. VIP email from Tony Buck. 596 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,280 Speaker 2: Your assessment is spot on. War is a clash of wills. 597 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 2: You cannot defeat an adversary through aerial bombardment. Only historical 598 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:54,080 Speaker 2: examples are endless. German bombardment of the Britz, Battle of Britain, 599 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:57,680 Speaker 2: North Vietnam, massive B fifty two carpet bombing. Sometimes when 600 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 2: civilian casualties occur can strengthen resolve. I'm retired now, but 601 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 2: I predicted early on this campaign about degrading Iran's capabilities. 602 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 2: It has never been about regime change. If that is 603 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 2: an accidental byproduct, so be it, Tony. I agree with 604 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 2: you that I think that's why administration feels too. We're 605 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:15,319 Speaker 2: opening the door for the Iranians to throw the bums out, 606 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 2: but they don't do it. 607 00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: They don't do it. We're just making sure that they 608 00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: can't hit us. We're gonna be build on that. By 609 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:24,360 Speaker 1: the way. One thing that I do think is changing 610 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:28,479 Speaker 1: is the degree to which we can specifically target using 611 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: drones is changing. Every war advances technology at a rapid scale, 612 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,359 Speaker 1: and I think what's happened with Ukraine and Russia. If 613 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 1: you read about that war now, Buck, they're almost conducting 614 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:44,279 Speaker 1: the entire war via drone like you can't even go 615 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,799 Speaker 1: outside and be seen at all because they will take 616 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,719 Speaker 1: you out. And I think the mechanized nature of this 617 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 1: war and future wars is going to be so much 618 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: different than anything. We can comprehend that boots on the 619 00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:01,400 Speaker 1: ground is going to become much less commonplace. Period. 620 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 2: Well, it also is a reminder that the calculation is 621 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,239 Speaker 2: different when you're sending drones to do this stuff than 622 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 2: when you're sending pilots. The American people can handle a 623 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:15,680 Speaker 2: lot of drones getting blown out of the sky, and 624 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:17,319 Speaker 2: that hasn't even been happening. But I'm saying we can 625 00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 2: handle a lot of our drone We lose drones, Okay, 626 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,200 Speaker 2: it's expensive. The second we have a pilot on video 627 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,960 Speaker 2: who is giving his name, rank and serial number. Things 628 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:28,120 Speaker 2: change real fast. We feel very differently. Other think is 629 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,399 Speaker 2: basic human emotion. I think that's very understandable. So that's 630 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,880 Speaker 2: a big difference in the calculation. Here VIP email from 631 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,040 Speaker 2: Larry as a member of the Naval Carrier Task Group 632 00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,280 Speaker 2: during the release of the hostages during the Iranian hostage crisis. 633 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:43,880 Speaker 2: I've been waiting for payback for forty six years. President 634 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:46,800 Speaker 2: Trump knows he has a timeline and mandates from his base, 635 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 2: which is always on his mind to protect Americans and 636 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:54,359 Speaker 2: his America First agenda. Larry, I hope that's totally spot on. 637 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,279 Speaker 1: Again. I'm just voicing. 638 00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:00,480 Speaker 2: The unease that some have with Okay, this is going on, 639 00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 2: when does it stop? It's Trump's call about when it stops, 640 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,000 Speaker 2: and he's clearly got his eyes very closely affixed to that. 641 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 1: That's really astute email, Buck, because I do think there's 642 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 1: probably a generational divide. You and I are we're not 643 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:19,239 Speaker 1: born and we're not young enough don't remember the hostage crisis, 644 00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:21,960 Speaker 1: and so I think for people who are in their 645 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,279 Speaker 1: sixties seventies, who live through the hostage crisis, who live 646 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,799 Speaker 1: through the bombings that have taken place that Iran has 647 00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:31,880 Speaker 1: helped to make happen, it's different than if you're thirty 648 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 1: today than if you're sixty five today, in terms of 649 00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:39,480 Speaker 1: what you've experienced of the evilness of the Iranian regime. 650 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,240 Speaker 1: Younger people don't have as much of a tangible connection 651 00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:45,799 Speaker 1: to it. Really good emails both, I think there and 652 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,239 Speaker 1: we appreciate the VIP emails that we get all the time. 653 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 1: We come back. Buck, you've got us off the top. 654 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,280 Speaker 1: I'm sure we're going to continue to talk about Iran. 655 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,919 Speaker 1: President Trump. We've got a couple of cuts from him 656 00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,160 Speaker 1: just now as he was outside the White House. 657 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:04,080 Speaker 2: And another super rich lib Starbucks CEO moving to Florida. 658 00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:05,719 Speaker 1: Clay talk about it.