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To today's edition of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show podcast. Welcome in. What a day we are destined for here on a Friday rolling into Father's Day weekend. Major news breaking yesterday evening as we suggested might well be the case based on our read of the situation. Israel attacks Iran and goes once and for all for a knockout blow when it comes to Iran's ability to get nuclear weapons. Buck made the travel back. I believe he was in the air when the attack started on his way back to Miami. I am still in Washington, D.C. city of D.C. really much of a mess right now for many reasons as it always is, but in particular, huge parade tomorrow for the 250th anniversary of the army and all of that underway streets being shut down. The timing on this, very interesting. But Buck, speaking of interesting, I was able to get in, had the passport. They let me in to the White House yesterday. You and I had the opportunity on. Look, any day you get to go meet with the President in the Oval Office and have a chat is a pretty big day. But in conjunction with the fact that the attack happened a few hours after we left, there are for those of you inclined that like pictures. There are tons of pictures of us with President Trump, with J.D. vance, with Caroline Levitt. All of that is up on social media. You guys can track it out. We had a great conversation with President Trump. He wanted to let all of you know how much he appreciates you. Oval Office meeting. Met also with security related officials in the, in the Oval Office and in the West Wing area. Trying to tiptoe up to exactly what I can say. But Buck, I think it's fair. You have the CIA background. We also were at Langley this week. You and I had a very clear sense that the moment of truth for Iran was at hand. And I was not surprised when attacks happened last night. I think they did a really good job of pretending that they didn't know. But when they withdrew a lot of the families from the Middle east, it was a sign that they expected things to happen. What's your take based on your background in the CIA and based on the evidence that continues to unspool about these attacks. Yeah.
Josh Hammer
So the timing was remarkable. Let me just first say that from everything we have seen on the reporting of this strike, the Israelis may have pulled off the most impressive tactical aerial strike ever. I don't know if anything could Compare to what they have been able to accomplish in this 24 hours. I'm talking from a purely military perspective, from a target set and assessing collateral damage, assessing the specificity of the targets. This is, this is really unprecedented. Now, the Israelis have world class military hardware in part because of the United States, in large part, I think, because of the collaborations that we have with them. But what they've pulled off here, Clay, is, is nothing short of remarkable, however one feels about the strike. I'm merely looking at this right now from the, the practitioner and tactical perspective. Now, the run up to this was particularly interesting for Clay and me. Obviously, the run up to this was decades of Iran funding terror, playing all kinds of games with the, with the inspectors and with the deals. And the Israelis had finally just had enough. Trump opened the door for them and tried to say, look, Iran, you really want to do a deal because we're not messing around anymore. And they, they messed around and they found out on this one. Now, Clay, we were there, we were in the Oval Office with the President, as you mentioned, spoke to and spent time with all the West Wing staff, Caroline Levitt, Stephen Miller, all the superstars we talk about on this show. And we just wanted to be there to get some time with them, talk to them about how things are going. But we did particularly have a national security component of our time there. And I'm telling you about this all for a reason. One is Clay had never been to Langley. As you know, my old stomping ground really did bring back a lot of memories. I did not make Clay turn on the James Bond theme music when we drove in, but I thought about it. But we had, we had a very good talk and the contents were off the record, but we did ask everybody we met with, are we allowed to say that we met with you? Are you comfortable with that? And they all, we all, we got approval and all that. So Deputy Director, CIA, other senior CIA staffers, I won't get into all their titles. Deputy Director, National Intelligence, Director of National Intelligence. Talk to everybody. The one thing that was really interesting, Clyde, was they were eager to speak to us, particularly about the DOGE and restructuring components of, of government, things like that. Right. The thing, what you would assume we would talk about and you know, again, I won't get into the specifics, but we could talk about the. In the broadest terms, the moment you or I asked a question about Iran, you could just feel that the ever. Ever in the room got a little tense.
Clay Travis
Yes.
Josh Hammer
And didn't want to talk. Now, when you're talking to us about the other things that were under discussion, and then you discuss Iran. And all of a sudden, this was to the point where I texted my brothers the night before the strikes and I said, guys, I think they're going. I think they're going in. I didn't want to say this publicly because I didn't know. No one told me. And two, you know, you don't want to be wrong on something like this. And also, I didn't want anyone to get ahead of it.
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Josh Hammer
I mean, you want the Israelis to have the benefit of surprise. But I had a very strong feeling that I only shared with Clay and immediate family. I said, okay, I think this is happening. President Trump brought us into the Oval and was in full Trump mode now. He knew the strike was about to happen. And Susie Wiles, who is the White House chief of staff, we wanted to go by and just say, thank you, Susie, do an amazing job. And, you know, this White House and all heartfelt, by the way. You know, what we say to you on this show on the air, which is our public record. Right. Is what we wanted to say to them in person about how this is going. I don't have criticisms of this administration so far. You know, maybe some suggestions, but no criticisms. Susie Wiles was, we found out from just somebody passing by in the Situation Room. And Clay and I were sitting there going, hmm, the situation. That's an interesting place for the White House chief of staff to be right in this moment. And then we had talked to our friends on the secretary of Defense's staff and the secretary of State staffs about meeting up, and we kept having meetings moved around. Anyway, long story short, we've known for the last 24 hours or so that this was coming, and it was interesting to be by the decision makers here. Now, it wasn't an American strike, of course, but they all knew that this was going to happen. And Trump's poker face, I would not want to sit across the table from him in a poker game. Clay.
Clay Travis
I think it was masterfully played. And we're going to go to Israel and talk to a variety of different people. Josh Hammer up next. So we're going to break here in a couple of minutes. Just so you know, Scott Jennings is going to join us. CNN's chief pugnacious pundit when it comes to defending sanity on network, is actually in Israel as well. Yell Eckstein, who obviously many of you know from the ifcj, her flight was turned back en route to Israel. She is still in the United States. And we're going to talk with Ben Shapiro of the Daily Wire. So a lot of different people we're going to talk about. We got a lot of guests reacting to what is a monumental day. I thought Trump, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, JD Vance, Susie Wiles, everybody that was involved here played it masterfully. In particular, the Trump press conference that he had right before we went in for our meeting Buck. I mean, we're hanging out with him in the, in the middle of the afternoon as the final preparations for the attack are going. But he said publicly that we were still effectively negotiating with Iran when he knew that Israel's attack was coming in the side of Israel. They actually leaked that Netanyahu was going to be having to attend one of his children's weddings to make the Iranians think nothing was ominous or about to happen. And it was a little bit like.
Josh Hammer
Michael Corleone at the christening. And then all the bosses got whacked, you know, settling all accounts, settling all family business. It was a bit of that.
Clay Travis
And to your point, I mean, Trump continued, he also, he had his meeting with us. He had the Senate and House leadership coming to the, coming to the event. I just think they knew exactly what was coming, but they did not leak any of it. They kept it extremely close to the vest. And as a result, I think this was 100% the right call. Now, I was over in Israel in December, and in some of my meetings with top Israeli officials, they said now is the time to make the move. Now, they said it a little bit. I think we had the speaker of the House, speaker of the Knesset over there on this program, letting it be known, I think that basically he thought the time to attack Iran was now. And they waited. Trump tried to get Iran to agree to peace. And this seems to have been an incredibly strategic, successful, decapitation style attack. We will continue to break all of that out for you, but we're going to Israel with Josh Hammer. He's a senior editor at large at Newsweek, author of Israel and Civilization. He is in Israel right now. We come back, we'll see what it sounds like on the ground there. Tomorrow marks a major milestone. 250th anniversary of the U.S. army, also President Trump's 79th birthday. Our sponsor, Pure Talk, founded by a veteran. This month, PureTalk is giving a thousand men and women who've served our country and an American flag from Allegiance Flag. When you switch your cell phone service to Pure Talk, you're contributing to that Pure Talk team believes every service member who's faithfully served this country deserves to proudly fly an American flag, one made in America. Just switch your cell phone service to Pure Talk this month and a portion of your monthly rate will go to provide the flags to deserving veterans. With plans from just 25 bucks a month for unlimited talk text, plenty of data, you can enjoy America's most dependable 5G network while cutting your cell phone bill in half. Just dial pound two five zero, say the keywords Clay and Buck. Pure Talks US Customer service will get you switched hassle free in as little as 10 minutes. Again, £2 5 0, say Clay and Buck to support veterans to switch to America's wireless company. That's £250, say Clay and Buck. Save $1,000 and support America's heroes at Pur.
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Our friend Josh Hammer joins us now from the outskirts of Tel Aviv. He's the author of Israel and Civilization, senior editor at large for Newsweek. Hammer, glad to hear you're safe and things are going okay so far. Tell us, bring us as much as you can into the on the ground story. How are the Israeli people feeling? What are the security precautions? Tell us what's going on around you.
H
Yeah, Buck, thanks for having me. It's been a heck of a week. So far, things have not exactly gone according to plan, to put it mildly. So the first thing happened a couple nights ago. We were at a dinner in Calavera on the sea. Nice sushi dinner, you know, hoping for a romantic evening that was quickly interrupted by citywide sirens for a hoofy ballistic missile attack. So we ran with the baby stroller to the bomb shelter before finishing our dinners. That was kind of just a. A preview of things to come. So we woke up this morning at 3:00am local time to massive sirens all throughout the country. We ran to the bomb shelter. So I've been up, Buck, since 3:00am local time. And, you know, it's been a heck of a day. I guess what I can tell you is that on the ground, it's very eerily quiet. There are virtually no cars here on the road. The folks who I'm staying with here in the house wearing hats, who went to the supermarket to get goods for the Sabbath, the Shabbat, and the weekend is over there apparently waited in line at the market for two hours. So it's kind of like a hurricane. I mean, I've ridden out hurricanes before. I mean, if you've ever been to the supermarket on the eve of a massive storm, you know that all the produce is totally Sold out there, the bread is sold out. The line around the corner. Apparently it's hurricane like conditions here. Million dollar question obviously is what is Iran now going to do? But the Israeli people are tough, they're resilient. And frankly, Bug, in kind of a weird way, I'm actually really happy to be here at this time.
Clay Travis
Josh, what would you assess? And I know it's hard because Israel has a lot of people, but what kind of approval ratings do you think as you sit there 12 hours after the attack, 16 hours after the attack started, do you think there is in Israel for attacking Iran right now?
H
Oh, here in Israel. Clay, Iran is not a contentious issue. This is a very important point to get across. There are a lot of contentious issues here in the Israeli political spectrum. So there's a lot of disagreement about the Palestinian Arabs. What do you do with them? Two states solution, one state solution, all that. There's a huge dispute here when it comes to the issue of the draft exemptions into the military for the haredeem, the so called ultra orthodox. There are definitely contentious issues here in Israel. Iran is not one of them. I actually have this memory of chatting with a far left member of the knesset back in 2015. This guy was so far left, a literal self described Marxist. He was actually a supporter of Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign. That's when I was chatting with him nine years ago. And I say that because even this guy who was such a looney tunes far left guy, even he was pretty hawkish when it comes to Iran. So if you are a Jewish Israeli, I think Arab Israelis studied different conversation. But Jewish Israelis here across the entire political spectrum understand that Iran is the existential threat. And that if the IDF's mantra of never again means never again, if that actually is to be taken seriously, then an operation like which we saw last night simply had to happen at some point.
Josh Hammer
Do you have any sense, Josh, of surprise at the lack of military or effective military response from the Iranian side of the equation as we begin to dig in more to this, we will over the course of the show today, the mapping of targets, the ability to hit simultaneously the ballistic missiles program along with the Natanz nuclear facility and other nuclear facilities, along with senior leadership along with, I mean it's a stunning array of targets, hundreds of planes that hit, you know, over 100 sites. But how much worry is there that there will be a major military strike versus the terrorist cells dispersed? That has always been a concern with Iran.
H
So we saw a preview of this last year, right? So twice Last year, in both April and October, Iran launched a massive ballistic missile barrage. Barrage at Israel. So the higher one was October was like 183 ballistic missiles or something like that. And Israel's missile defense system held up. Not a single Israeli was harmed. Not a single hair of a single Israeli was harmed, which is pretty remarkable in its own right. So we'll see if Iran is able to do more than that, I suppose. Color me skeptical for at least two reasons. One is on the Israeli north you have their top proxy, Hezbollah, which has been completely decimated at this point. They are a total shell of what they once were. And Hezbollah was very much Iran's insurance policy there. This kind of sword of Damocles hovering over Israel, essentially trying to prevent Israel from striking. So Hezbollah has been taken care of. And then the literal actual people buck on the ground in Iran, like the actual IRGC top generals, the physical people who would actually get on the phone and call the shots are mostly dead at this point. So I'm skeptical as to what could happen. But having said that, we're not taking any precautions. My wife and I, we are supposed to go to Jer this weekend to spend the Sabbath there. I supposed to have a talk my book in Jerusalem Sunday night. We essentially canceled all that. We're just, we're buckling down here in the safe house. We've got a nice big bunker, bomb shelter rooms. So we're not taking any chances. Certainly not taking any chances, especially as a new father. But on the other hand, I'm pretty skeptical that Iran can do anything of much significance to the Assad.
Clay Travis
I think this is important and we're going to dive into it more, Josh, and we appreciate you joining us from Israel. Book, by the way, is Israel and civilization. There is actually a great deal of support for Israel's attacks from other Middle Eastern countries, Muslim countries. They also wanted Iran not to have nuclear weapons. That's an important part of this. And I don't know that it gets widely discussed, but Iran was seen as a pariah state by many Muslim countries as well.
H
Oh, 1,000%. Now look, the Saudis and the Emiratis have put out condemnatory statements, but that's just what the Arab countries do play, as you know. I mean, they're basically very cowardly when it comes to their public facing statements there. But privately, I mean, Mohammed bin Salman is definitely smiling ear to ear in Riyadh right now. There is no doubt about that. With the exception probably of the emir and Doha, Qatar, Qatar being Iran's closest Sunni Arab ally and maybe some of these rogue Northern African Muslim Brotherhood adjacent rogue states like Algeria, Tunisia. Both are pretty radical governments, but the vast majority of the Arab world that matters. Saudi Arabia, the uae, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan. Countries like that we gotta cut.
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Stay safe buddy.
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Thank you.
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Do it for Clay. Do it for freedom and get great content while you're there. The Clay Travis and buck sexton show YouTube channel as you know, there was a series of major strikes by Israel's air force on nuclear sites and high level military Targets, including individual military personnel and nuclear scientists all across Iran, just about. I don't know, I can't do the math. But in the last 24 hours for sure, probably like 18 hours ago. And so we will continue to follow that story closely. We've got Scott Jennings. We are efforting him right now. He is in Israel. You know, Scott, from the, the gentlemanly slaps that he dishes out over at CNN to various Democrats and leftists on, on one of their shows, we'll see if we can get it. We're having a little bit technical issue because, you know, he's on the other side of the world. So we'll see if we can have him join us from Israel. Also, just some other stories we are watching as we continue to deep dive into the preemptive strike, which is what Israel is officially calling it, on Iran and its nuclear capability and ballistic missile capability and the irgc, I mean, they just, they went for it in a big way. You have still the ongoing back and forth with Trump and Newsom in Los Angeles and California more broadly. Trump put out this tweet, I shouldn't say tweet truth yesterday, Clay, the Biden administration and Governor Newscomb. He wrote Newscomb flooded America with 21 million illegal aliens, destroying schools, hospitals and communities and consuming untold billions of dollars in free welfare. All of them have to go home, as do countless other illegals and criminals who will turn us into a bankrupt third world nation. America was invaded and occupied. I am reversing the invasion. It's called re migration. Our courageous ICE officers who are daily being subjected to doxing and murder threats are heroes. We will always have their back as they carry out this noble mission. America will be for Americans. Again, very strong statement from President Trump on the continued mission to both stabilize things in Los Angeles county and continue the deportation operations. It was pretty stunning, Clay, but I guess not surprising. A lower court judge slapped down Trump's deployment of the National Guard, basically said Trump's not allowed to do this. Gavin Newsom is the only one who can call the shots. Then the appeals court, I believe, looked at it and slapped down the slap down with a stay of the stay. Because the President of the United States. Think about our history. If the President of the United States. Oh, we have Scott Jennings.
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The clause was right on top of my mind there. But we got Scott Jennings. Live from Israel, CNN's own Scott Jennings. Scott, what's it like over there, what's going on?
Scott Jennings
Well, great to hear your voice. You know, it's interesting. I'm in Tiberias, literally standing on the bank of the Sea of Galilee right now, looking due east, which is towards Tehran. And it's a little calm out here. It's Shabbat Friday night here in Israel. So a lot of people are with their families and inside. And right before we connected, I got an alert on my phone. I think people may be going into safe rooms now because of a possible missile incoming from Yemen. But other than that, everything's fine. So we're all just amazed at the news today at what Israel pulled off, apparently with the help of our President Donald Trump, to really defeat the principal, you know, it's the head of the octopus. And to take away their nuclear capabilities to decapitate the government of the worst people in the world. You know, these people they killed today are the absolute founders of terror. It's a great day. This has been 20, 25 years in the making. I'm glad Israel pulled the trigger.
Clay Travis
Scott, you're over there right now. I was there in December. They've stopped all air travel, everything else. We've got millions of Americans listening right now who have not been to Israel before, who've not seen it, what it's like in a time of war. What is it like? What was your experience like? I know you posted your, your bomb alerts that came onto the phone for people who will maybe never go to Israel and certainly will not be there in a time. What's the experience like for you and for the average Israeli right now?
Scott Jennings
Well, you know, they live with something every day of these possible incoming rocket and missile strikes. So, you know, it's pretty common for them to get alerts and to go into safe rooms. A lot of the buildings or apartments or houses you're in would have a safe room. And they take it all in stride. It's just part of daily life. I mean, obviously this attack on Iran is extremely unusual. So it has the country on a heightened state of alert. But on day to day life, you know, they take it in stride and they go about their business and they just live with it. Of course, you know, they live with the being surrounded by their enemies all the time and they've just had to learn to incorporate into their daily life. I have enjoyed being here. This is an incredibly hospitable country. Everywhere. I've gone from the north to the south, I've been to the Gaza border, I've been to the Lebanon border. I've been in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and a lot of places in between. Extremely hospitable, welcoming to Americans, appreciative of the relationship between Israel and the United States. I had not been, I would have no qualms whatsoever about bringing my family back here to visit again. It's been a. It's been an amazing experience.
Josh Hammer
Scott, there seemed to be some difference in the reporting about how some aspect of this went down. I'm wondering if you either have insight or just what your assessment of it is that Trump was essentially knew 100% this was coming well in advance. And so there was the head fake, if you will, of hanging out with Clay and me, for one thing. You know, having a good time in the Oval Office. The picnic that was scheduled. Secretary of Defense went to a baseball game with his kids. Then there's other people who are saying, oh, but President Trump told them not to. Netanyahu said, look, we can't wait anymore. And then Trump just rolled with it because it's ultimately Israel's call. How do you see the last, let's say, three or four days playing out as it pertains to Trump and his role in all of this?
Scott Jennings
Well, I think people who hate Donald Trump are always going to come up with a narrative that tries to make him look bad, no matter what happens. That's Number one. Number two, I go back 60 days. 61 days. 61 days ago, Donald Trump said publicly, Iran has 60 days to make a deal. Today is day 61. So he told the world and Iran clearly what they needed to do in order to avoid this outcome. And here we are 61 days later, and Iran didn't make a deal. They couldn't bring themselves to understand the position they were in. And now Israel is doing the work of dismantling the enemy of Western civilization. But the President of the United States warned them, and now they're getting the consequences of failing to heed that warning. So I think this ruse, I think this head fake, whatever you want to call it, is going to go down in history as one of the most interesting and amazing military operations that ever happened. I mean, this is essentially pager 2.0. You know, what the Israelis constructed here, having Mossad inside of Iran, having the head fake with the United States, the entire construction of this is nothing short of a miracle. And it is good for the west and it is good for America, and it is good that Donald Trump was the president, because I'm not sure the previous administration would have ever participated in something like this. To defeat this enemy.
Clay Travis
Scott, you're on CNN talking to a lot of people who it appears every night are reading from the same talking points. I haven't really seen an aggressive pushback from the left on Israel's actions so far. 2parter, have you seen any kind of pushback from a purely political perspective to do you expect one, because they march in lockstep. Everybody had the Mexican flag up. Is Iran's flag gonna start showing up in left wing bios on social media? How do they respond to this? Or are they actually going to acknowledge that this is actually a good thing for global peace? What do you anticipate?
Scott Jennings
Well, first of all, Ben Rhodes, who was Obama's national security adviser, was one of the first people out to criticize this. And you know, his nickname, according to reporting in the Obama White House was Hamas. And so that is, by the way.
Josh Hammer
That is quite a nickname.
Scott Jennings
Yeah, no kidding. And then you've seen some other fringe elements of the left that are very unhappy because they're unhappy anytime Israel in the United States does anything to defend itself. What I really think their problem is going to be tomorrow, these kings rallies or all these rallies that are being held around the country. You can bet that the Free Palestine movement will be out there, that the Palestinian flags and the Hamas colors and all these people that have been marching all over college campuses in American cities for the last few months, you know, they're going at these events. And I think politically, until the left, until the Democrats divorce themselves from this bunch of people who, let's just be honest, it has nothing to do with Palestine. This is about destabilizing the west and destroying the United States of America from within. That's what it is. It is a domestic terrorism organization. Until you can separate yourself from that, the American people are going to continue to punish you. And Democrats today, I mean, not that many statements coming out from Democrats in Congress supporting Israel today because they are afraid. They are afraid of these people. They need to get rid of them and get away from them as soon as they can. That is my sincerest advice to them.
Josh Hammer
But is that even possible, Scott, with the makeup, I mean, politically possible? Right, of course they could do the right thing, but, but I mean to keep the Democrat coalition going, such as it is. And it seems like they have to pretend that this is the new blm, like this is the new social justice movement, but it's not blm, it's pro Hamas.
Scott Jennings
Well, the coalition of the Democrats fundamentally thinks America and Western values are rotten at the core. I Mean, that is the sad fact of that party, and they need to reverse themselves immediately. I don't know if they can do it. But when you look at the energy in their party, the beating heart of that party at its core believes America is rotten. Our founding values are rotten, the west is rotten. They look at the world through the lens of this oppressed and oppressor, and they believe the United States is an oppressor. Well, how can you be a political party in the United States if you believe those things? And I think that's why they're struggling with the American people right now, because most Americans do not see the world that way. And I don't know if they can get rid of it, but it would help them if they could. But you look at where their energy is. The squad, Crockett, these people, these strident voices from the radical left, they're not pro America. They don't believe in our founding values. They don't believe in Western civilization in many cases. They certainly don't believe in our relationship with Israel. They're going to have a tough time here divorcing themselves, but they really should try because it's killing them. It is killing their party. And, you know, as a Republican, you know, it's good politically, but I hate it for the United States that one of our two political parties has fallen victim of this hateful ideology.
Clay Travis
We're talking to Scott Jennings. He's in Israel. Last question for you, Scott. And we appreciate you making the time. I know it's night coming over in Israel, not to mention, who knows what might happen with that occurring. But back here in the States, when you see Simone Biles come after Riley Gaines, and when you have conversations with off air Democrats, do they acknowledge privately that their public stance in favor of men in women's sports is absolutely insane?
Scott Jennings
Every single person that I know from that side of the ball, from that profession, professional Democrats, know that it's killing them. And they also know that there's not a darn thing they can do about it. I mean, that is the fundamental problem they have. They know the right thing to do, but they can't do anything about it. Either they live in fear or they know that the way their party works, I mean, they're authoritarians, you know, and you're not allowed to get out of line. You're not allowed to say, wait a minute, look what they did to Fetterman when he got out of line on Israel. You know, I mean, they're out there saying, you ought to be in a straight jacket. I mean, his own staff was out there saying that you are not allowed to get out of line inside the Democratic party controlled by the radical left. Even on obvious 955 issues, which this issue is, you're not allowed to get out of line. And you even have to say things like, we need more studies. We need more studies to find out if men and women are different.
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We actually happened to be in the West Wing yesterday for a substantial amount of time. We met with President Trump, saw J.D. vance, Stephen Miller, Caroline Levitt, a lot of the people that we have known for years that are doing phenomenal work. And I would describe. I think you probably would sign off on it, President Trump as extremely relaxed. He wanted us to see the changes that he's made to the Oval Office, the changes that he has made in terms of portraiture in the cabinet rooms and everything immediately ancillary to the Oval Office. Also, you can see. And I think this is going to end up being pretty cool. He is in the process of building a patio where you can dine outside. So it will be like he has basically at Mar a Lago. But this would extend. He's paying for himself. He says this would extend for future presidents as well. But he likes the idea of having sort of his own salon where you can walk outside and have meals on a patio just outside the Oval Office in the West Wing. But I would describe him as super relaxed. He wanted all of you to know that he appreciates you and really is greatly thankful for all of your support. But the thing that he seemed most excited about talking about is something that hasn't gotten a great deal of attention. Buck and I wanted to play this audio because it's kind of gotten lost in the shuffle of everything that has happened since Israel attacked Iran. But with us, he wanted to say, because he signed this bill, he wanted to talk about the impact of ending the electric vehicle mandate and what he believed was going to be a substantial change for the better for many different American drivers out there. And this is cut 18 with buck and I. And you can go see the pictures, by the way. Some of you want to see the pictures. They're up at all the Clay and Buck social media accounts. We were happy to have the time that we did with the President and all the staff. But here is cut 18. Trump announcing yesterday that he was terminating the California EV mandate, which matters to a lot of you out there.
Josh Hammer
Listen, this is good news indeed. People said it couldn't be done. You got it done. I just have to sign, right? That's very good. This is really something. And it has to do with the California Auto Regulation cra. It's been a disaster for this country, and I want to thank everybody for being here. We officially rescue the US Auto industry from destruction by terminating the California Electric vehicle mandate once and for all.
Clay Travis
Okay. There is the announcement. Buck from President Trump. I knew he wanted would Want to talk about a lot of different things, but this is the thing he was most excited to talk about with us.
Josh Hammer
Yeah, I know he was. We sat down and we were. Obviously we're already thinking about Iran, but also we're talking border, we're talking riots in LA and how he's, and he was like, gentlemen, did you see, did you see the thing I did on the vehicles? We're like, yeah, yes, sir, Mr. President, we saw. And he really, because he had just signed it, I was very proud of it. He just done a press conference on it. Just to bring everybody up to speed on this, Clay, because this has got, this is one of these. It's actually a big deal, but it has gotten in the media cycle, the news cycle we live in, it has definitely gotten buried quite a bit. The Republican led Congress passed these resolutions in May to reverse Biden administration approval of the California electric vehicle mandate. When the President signs a joint resolution revoking federal laws, it carries the force of law and are not subject to judicial review. So this, this is actually something that matters a whole lot. And for anyone who's forgotten what this, what this says, California in 2024 banned gasoline powered car sales by 2035 and revoked the federal waiver that would allow, that allows it to set its own tailpipe emission standards under the clean Air Act. 17 states, 30% of the US vehicle market had adopted this plan, which, you know, again, this is a California EV mandate. This is nuts. Yeah, this is completely insane. These states were going to say, you can't sell a normal car anymore in our state by 20, 20, 35, 10 years. This is going to go pretty fast, sir. Trump has freed the auto market from this insanity and, and it's, it's a big win. It's a big win for those of us who don't necessarily want to drive an ev, but also don't want the climate change lunatics completely infringing on markets and driving up the cost of everything for no reason.
Clay Travis
Totally. And look, and this is what Trump told us, and we're not speaking out of turn on this story when we were sitting talking with him. If you want to own an ev, go more power to you, right? The market should dictate the choices that you make. The state should not dictate the choices that you are forced to make.
Josh Hammer
Imagine California and there was a time, Clay, when I think think this was something they would have wanted to do. Imagine California said, and it's going to make Clay very sad because I've seen the cars that Clay has no SUVs allowed. Yeah, we're going with an SUV ban in this state. California says you're not allowed to sell an SUV in the state of California. Remember for a while it was, oh, they're gas guzzling now. SUVs have actually become very efficient and they're hugely popular. It's like a giant part of the US Car sales market. Car market. But you just say, well, that's a completely ridiculous intrusion on the car market in a, in a huge state. So Trump has again, he, all he has done is restored choice to the consumer and restored the ability of the auto market to be a market instead of some kind of state enforced mandate based on green New Deal insanity. So it is a really big win.
Clay Travis
It is totally. And by the way, we should update, there are air raid sirens being going off in Israel right now as there's an expectation that Iran has fired some missiles in their direction. Updating you on what is taking place there. It is now night in Israel. So it's probably not a huge surprise that the attack would come at night. We'll see if it's even as substantial or Iran is capable buck of doing even as much as they tried to do the last time when they put what, 100 missiles in the air and Israel and its allies effectively shot down all of those missiles and there were no casualties.
Josh Hammer
I think Israel, first of all, I hope and pray that they're able to shoot down these missiles which are just intended. Remember, the strikes that Israel did were precise strikes at legitimate military targets. And what Iran is going to do in response is I just want, they're just trying to send a big missile that goes boom into a crowded apartment building and kill as many Jews as possible. That's what the Iranian response is supposed to be. They always fight these wars. So I think that the Israelis are going to have a ratcheted or a tiered response whereby every time Iran does something, the Israelis are just going to raise the cost for Iran. And then it's a question of how much more of this do they want. You know, Ben Shapiro is on this last hour. He said leaving the mullahs alive gives them something to think about. Out the mullahs may not survive this thing. We'll see what happens. They, they, if they order a lot of mass casualty, attempted mass casualty attacks on Israel, the Israelis have mapped out that whole country and they have total dominance in the skies. We'll see what ends up happening with this, no doubt.
Clay Travis
And, and, and on that front, as we wait to see what's going to happen there. I will say this about our visit to the White House. A lot of you wanted to know if I was going to be able to get in. The answer was yes. I brought my passport yesterday or two days ago. My I don't have the real id and you have to have a real ID or a passport. So I was able to get in with my passport. I was struck buck. Leave aside the politics of the current moment and many of the topics that we discussed, the sheer happy warrior dumb vibe that existed in the West Wing yesterday when we visited with whether It's President Trump, J.D. vance, Caroline Levitt, Margo Trump's top personal assistant, Natalie, who follows him around everywhere. It is a intensely positive environment there. And I think it's because they know that they are doing the work that the American people sent them there to do and they know how to do it and they are delivering. And Trump has a level of confidence in what is required to do the job. That is next level. And let me just echo this again. The Israelis consulted with the Trump team and Trump went out yesterday and threw an all time head fake saying that the negotiations were still ongoing. Same thing happened with Pete Hegseth went to a Washington Nationals game with his kids. Obviously it's Father's Day weekend. You had Marco Rubio. This was a masterclass, I think, in subterfuge. And the ability to catch Iran unaware and for Israel to have the ability buck to actually have the Iranians schedule in person meetings so they could directly attack because they are so enmeshed in the Iranian security services is really an incredible strength of their attack. And let me just mention this too. A lot of people told you, some on the right, many on the left, that if Israel attacked Iran, we're still in the early stages, that this would basically be a preset to World War three. I think you're now learning Iran is not very strong. They lack the ability to even defend their own country. And China and Russia, they're not coming to the aid. The other Middle Eastern countries, many of them welcome this even if they say publicly. There's a difference between public and private conversations. They may say publicly they don't like it. Privately, they are very welcoming even of this. And I think you're seeing that a lot of the cataclysmic analysis as often as the case was not reflected in reality.
Josh Hammer
Yes. And this is on track to be one of the most successful military operations in modern military history. So we hope that that continues because it is to the benefit of everyone that we root for here, that that is the case. Not just our friends and allies in Israel and not just other Middle Eastern countries and countries in the region that are very pleased to see the Iranian threat cut down to size, but also for the Iranian people, it weakens a regime that has been nothing but a nightmare for them for 50 years now. And it is long past time for there to be change. And there's no reason why Iran can't be something a lot more along the lines of, say, Turkey, you know, another country with a tremendously proud history and a really rich past that functions as a. I'm not saying Turkey's perfect. We have our occasional gripes with them in NATO. But it's a functioning modern state and not one that keeps anybody up at night in Israel, United States or really around the region for that matter. So that I think is, is what is possible here. And it's, it's looking like so far it's a very good day. As you said, there's missiles in the air and we don't know what the Iranians are going to pull, pull off with any reprisals. But their military to military capability is, is de minimis. It's really the terror, the terror strikes that we would have to be worried about or you know, terror cells that go operational. And we're going to have to keep a close eye on that. And it's very hard to fight against those or it's very hard to catch all of those, I should say. But that can't change the reality of what just happened to Israel, which is its military and nuclear program have been effectively decapitated.
Clay Travis
And I think this is so important for ordinary Iranians. I thought it was interesting that Ben Shapiro told us that they basically have tried to turn off the Internet in Iran because they don't want people to understand what's actually going on. But at some point these conversations are going to start as they start anywhere in the world, when humans gather. Wait a minute. You've been in power, the ayatollahs for two generations. You told us Israel was the great evil. You told us that we were going to eradicate Israel from the planet. And actually we don't even have the ability to fight Israel. Leave aside the religion, leave aside all these things, just pure efficacy of government. Israel has created one of the great technological civilizations in the history of the Middle east. And Iran has been left behind. The Ayatollahs are being embarrassed.
Josh Hammer
There are early reports now of direct, of some direct hits on Tel Aviv. So we don't know what the scale of those hits are or what if there, if there are any casualties. We don't know. We just know. Clay, right now as we're talking to you, there are real time reports of impacts in Tel Aviv. We're going to continue to watch this very closely. Stay with us. We'll be back with more details here in just a minute.
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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Daily Review with Clay and Buck
Episode Date: June 13, 2025
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Clay Travis opens the episode by highlighting a significant geopolitical event: "Major news breaking yesterday evening as we suggested might well be the case based on our read of the situation. Israel attacks Iran and goes once and for all for a knockout blow when it comes to Iran's ability to get nuclear weapons" (02:36). The hosts discuss the timing of the attack coinciding with a large parade in Washington, D.C., adding intrigue to the unfolding events.
Clay and Buck share their recent experience visiting the White House. Clay Travis mentions, "They let me in to the White House yesterday. You and I had the opportunity... to meet with President Trump in the Oval Office" (02:36). They provide insights into their discussions with President Trump and key security officials, emphasizing the strategic planning behind the Israeli strike. Images from their meeting with Trump and other officials are available on their social media channels.
Josh Hammer, senior editor at large for Newsweek and author of "Israel and Civilization", joins the show from Tel Aviv to provide an on-the-ground perspective.
Scott Jennings, a prominent CNN analyst, provides additional insights from Israel.
In a significant policy shift, Clay Travis and Josh Hammer discuss President Trump's announcement to terminate California's electric vehicle (EV) mandate.
As the episode progresses, Clay Travis and Josh Hammer provide updates on the situation in Israel, including reports of incoming missiles and the effectiveness of Israel's defense systems. They reiterate their support for the Israeli actions and their optimism about the future stability of the region.
Josh Hammer concludes by emphasizing the potential for positive change in Iran, advocating for its transformation into a more stable and civilized nation similar to Turkey: "There is no doubt about that... no longer a nightmare for them for 50 years now" (55:33).
Clay Travis wraps up by reaffirming the success of the military operation and its implications for American and global security: "I think you're now learning Iran is not very strong. They lack the ability to even defend their own country" (56:28).
Clay Travis:
"Israel attacks Iran and goes once and for all for a knockout blow when it comes to Iran's ability to get nuclear weapons." (02:36)
Josh Hammer:
"Jewish Israelis across the entire political spectrum understand that Iran is the existential threat." (17:01)
Scott Jennings:
"This operation is nothing short of a miracle." (32:59)
"The coalition of the Democrats fundamentally thinks America and Western values are rotten at the core." (35:23)
"Iran has been left behind. The Ayatollahs are being embarrassed." (56:28)
President Trump (as quoted by Josh Hammer):
"We officially rescue the US Auto industry from destruction by terminating the California Electric vehicle mandate once and for all." (45:11)
In this episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton provide an in-depth analysis of one of the most significant geopolitical events of the year: Israel's decisive strike against Iran's nuclear capabilities. Through exclusive interviews with experts on the ground and high-level insights from their White House visit, they unpack the strategic, political, and economic ramifications of the attack. Additionally, they cover President Trump's notable reversal of California's EV mandate, underscoring his administration's commitment to restoring market freedoms and supporting American industries. The episode offers listeners a comprehensive understanding of these critical issues shaping the global landscape.
Note: Timestamps correspond to the podcast transcript for reference.