Hour 1 - Clean Up on Aisle Crime

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Hour 1: Clean Up on Aisle Crime

Release Date: August 13, 2025

In the August 13, 2025 episode of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton delve into pressing issues surrounding crime in Washington, D.C., the political ramifications of President Trump's initiatives, and economic policies affecting interest rates and the housing market. The episode seamlessly blends serious discussions with moments of humor and personal anecdotes, providing listeners with a comprehensive analysis of current events.

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1. Crime in Washington, D.C.: Debunking the "Safe" Myth

Clay Travis opens the conversation by challenging the narrative that Washington, D.C. is a safe city. Drawing from personal experiences and firsthand accounts, both hosts emphasize the stark contrast between public perception and the reality faced by residents.

Clay Travis [02:05]: "No one says D.C. is safe. Okay? No one who actually lives there thinks that it is a safe city."

They compare D.C. to other cities like Boston, San Francisco, and San Diego, highlighting that while many metropolitan areas grapple with crime, D.C.'s situation is uniquely dire.

Clay Travis [02:22]: "Washington, D.C. is not one of them. It is not one of them."

2. Political Reactions and Media Criticism

Buck Sexton addresses the backlash he and Clay have received for advocating for reduced violent crime, particularly the unexpected criticism from figures like Jirid Haradis on MSNBC.

Buck Sexton [07:28]: "As his cornerman, I would, I would rush to his defense on this. But this is just weak sauce top to bottom."

The hosts dissect the nature of political attacks, suggesting that opposition primarily stems from a reflexive anti-Trump sentiment rather than substantive disagreements.

Buck Sexton [09:56]: "But I think it's, it's indicative of, of their inability to pick rational things to fight about because they're just so reflexively anti Trump."

3. President Trump's Initiatives: Cleaning Up D.C.

A significant portion of the episode focuses on President Trump's efforts to reduce crime in Washington, D.C., and the mixed reactions these initiatives have garnered.

Clay Travis [31:52]: "What we want to do is make Washington D.C. the greatest, most beautiful, safest capital anywhere in the world."

The hosts highlight Trump's strategy to dominate the news cycle with his plans for D.C., positioning it as a test case for broader national policies.

Buck Sexton [20:23]: "I do think it's Trump's unique ability to, to really be able to dominate the narrative cycle and take command of it."

4. Economic Policies: Interest Rates and the Housing Market

Transitioning from crime to economics, Clay and Buck explore the impact of interest rates on the housing market. They critique the Federal Reserve's handling of inflation and advocate for Trump's understanding of interest rate dynamics.

Clay Travis [28:06]: "We're paying $360 billion a year for each point. Now, I believe we should be three or four points lower."

Buck Sexton elaborates on how high interest rates have disrupted the housing market, urging listeners to consider refinancing opportunities as rates are projected to decrease.

Buck Sexton [30:15]: "If you start to buy sometime around Thanksgiving, you're probably going to get a much lower rate going forward."

5. Light-Hearted Segment: The Tennis Serve Challenge

Adding a personal touch, Clay and Buck engage in a playful debate over Clay's tennis serve speed, which became a point of contention with Clay’s girlfriend, Laura.

Clay Travis [24:35]: "I just bought a 200 tennis serve speed gun. Some of you gonna be eating your words and my serve."

This segment not only provides a humorous break from the intense discussions but also showcases the camaraderie between the hosts.

6. Addressing Audience Feedback and Community Interaction

Throughout the episode, Clay and Buck interact with their audience, addressing feedback and humorous comments from listeners, such as critiques about Clay's beard.

Buck Sexton [40:50]: "Gary, who has gone from. I don't know. I don't. I've shaved the beard before, and my wife said, no, just put it back on."

7. Concluding Insights: The Future of D.C. and National Policies

In wrapping up the main discussions, Clay emphasizes the ongoing efforts to transform Washington, D.C., into a safer and more prosperous city, while Buck reiterates the importance of effective economic policies to stabilize the housing market.

Clay Travis [34:43]: "Anyone who's lived in D.C. or spent time there knows that this has been a...a murder capital of the United States."

Buck Sexton [31:43]: "I think Trump's right on."

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Clay Travis [02:05]: "No one says D.C. is safe. Okay? No one who actually lives there thinks that it is a safe city."

• Buck Sexton [07:28]: "I hate murders and I wish less people got murdered. I thought, man, this is something that everybody could agree with. I was wrong."

• Clay Travis [31:52]: "What we want to do is make Washington D.C. the greatest, most beautiful, safest capital anywhere in the world."

• Buck Sexton [28:35]: "The number one bottleneck right now that exists in our economy is the mortgage run up from around two and a half points to seven overnight."

• Clay Travis [24:35]: "I just bought a 200 tennis serve speed gun. Some of you gonna be eating your words and my serve."

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Conclusion

This episode of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show offers a robust discussion on the intersection of crime, politics, and economics in modern America. Through incisive analysis and engaging dialogue, Clay and Buck provide listeners with a nuanced perspective on the challenges facing Washington, D.C., and the broader national landscape. Whether addressing the safety of the nation's capital or the intricacies of interest rates, the hosts deliver content that is both informative and entertaining, making it a valuable listen for those seeking insight into current events.

Transcript

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome everybody. Wednesday edition of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show kicks off right now. We've got some great stories, big important things to dive into with all of you. The cleanup of DC cleanup on aisle crime, if you will. I'm a dad now. I can make these kind of jokes. That is something that we're going to be discussing because Trump is running roughshod over the opposition. I think once again their arguments increasingly pathetic, the numbers not supporting what they said they would in terms of DC is Safe. DC Is safe. Clay and I both speak from experience here because not only have we lived there, but we know many people who still live there and have lived there their whole lives. No one says D.C. is safe. Okay? No one who actually lives there thinks that it is a safe city.

[Buck Sexton]

So.

[Clay Travis]

And I know that safe is a relative term, but Boston is a safe city. Like, I could go around the country and talk to you. San Francisco, other than your property, is actually a pretty safe city, believe it or not, for violent crime purposes. You know, you go around and you can find plenty of places that are you. You would be safe. It is not one of them. It is not one of them. Washington, D.C. so we're going to discuss that. San Diego, very safe, actually. San Diego, very nice, very safe city, very expensive. So, you know, we could do the whole thing. El Paso, very safe. So you can go around. There's a lot of places. Not the case in D.C. we have also Trump speaking at the Kennedy Center. Some interesting cultural moves there. We have. Do we get to make an announcement today, Clay, about a little special Something. Something going on? Or is this just. Is this a. Is this a tease of a tease, or. Can I talk about your situation?

[Buck Sexton]

Oh, no, it's public. Yeah, Yeah. I was like, oh, no. What's the. What? I was. Yeah, yeah, we're doing a. We'll get into that a little bit later. But we got a fun event coming up in September that I think a lot of people will enjoy. And so let's let you do a big announcement.

[Clay Travis]

Second hour on that one. You could lead everybody into that. But Clay has. And as we say, it is what you call a tease in the business. Clay has an announcement for all of you in the second hour. Something cool that's going on. Let's just say I may become Clay's cornerman. I may be there ready to cut, you know, may have to cut if Clay gets hit.

[Buck Sexton]

Me gets hit.

[Clay Travis]

Let me get in there. Get in there, Clay. Get in there. You know, so I'm. I'm looking forward to it. That'll be a lot of fun. Speaking of athletic endeavors, after the scurrilous accusations made yesterday about my tennis serve, there might be video that we'll be able to put up on Clay and buck over the course of the next.

[Buck Sexton]

Hour, doubled, tripled, quadrupled, down on disbelief, believing that you could hit a tennis serve 100. Like, we were picking up our youngest at school walking back, and I said, you know, I. Because I was on the phone, we were talking about Crockett And I said, no, you know, Buck can really do this. And she said, I just don't believe it.

[Laura]

She.

[Buck Sexton]

She said. She actually said. She actually said, we went to Wimbledon probably seven or eight years ago, which was an awesome experience. And what's cool about Wimbledon is many things, but center court is huge. But there are a lot of small courts where you can sit basically on top of the right arm.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, that's the great thing about majors.

[Buck Sexton]

And you see how they hit it, and it doesn't come across on television, the absolute power that these guys just smack the ball with. And so she was just like, there's no way Buck can hit a ball 100 miles an hour now. She didn't think I could bench press 185ten times. Laura generally believes neither of us can accomplish anything athletically is the overall recurring.

[Clay Travis]

Theme on the show.

[Buck Sexton]

Laura.

[Clay Travis]

Ye of little faith. Travis.

[Buck Sexton]

Yes.

[Clay Travis]

All right, we will. So I. I will post that video and we can put it up at Clay and buck dot com. I'll send it to the team. They don't. Speed guns for tennis are actually tough to come by that are reliable. So we have video of a serve, and you can do the math on it. The distance from a baseline to the opposing service line is about 60ft. Very similar to a baseball distance, I believe. Clay, is that right? Does that sound right? I think that's right. It's about 60ft from home plate to. So you can.

[Buck Sexton]

66. 60ft, 6 inches, I think, or 60. I don't think it's 666. I think it's 60ft, 6 inches from pitcher's mound to home plate.

[Clay Travis]

So very similar in the realm of baseball and tennis distance. So those of you imagine that I am pitching instead of serving, and you will get a sense as to the speed because that's the same distance when that ball hits the ground. Okay, we'll get into that, though. We'll get into that. You know what? Let's talk a big game. We'll see what happens when the video is unleashed and we'll do a poll. Do you think this is faster than 100 miles an hour? But we have important things to do like saving the country and getting into the news and looking at what Trump is up to. And Clay, I didn't know the range was hot. I didn't. I didn't know you were taking incoming on this one. But sure enough, this was over on. Was this MSNBC or cnn? It was one of the communist.

[Buck Sexton]

And let's just point this out before you play it. Of all the opinions I've ever given, I want there to be less people murdered in America. Seem to me to be one of the least controversial takes in my 20 year media career. Hey, I hate murders and I wish less people got murdered. I thought, man, this is something that everybody could agree with. I was wrong. I've been getting lit up over this. It's, it's really one of the funniest things.

[Clay Travis]

I, I, I would, generally, I would, as his cornerman, I would, I would rush to his defense on this. But this is, this is just weak sauce top to bottom. But here is a former Jeb, exclamation point, Bush comms director. So one of those Republicans who now just is a Democrat but refuses to say it and goes on Democrat channels to attack actual Republicans, here he is attacking by name Clay Travis on MSNBC for saying things that all of us are saying.

[Buck Sexton]

But here we go. Play one. This is all a power play, right?

[Clay Travis]

It's all about the vibes and the look. And that's why you've got guys like Clay Travis on Fox News, I guess, rooting for living in a military state right now, because they're trying to demonstrate strength and machismo. And it's mostly more about that than about the policy. Clay, your, your testosterone has just overwhelmed the MSNBC table over there, by the way.

[Buck Sexton]

I don't even see how testosterone is involved in wanting less murders. Are there people with high levels of estrogen that just want more people murdered?

[Clay Travis]

Excuse me, Clay, the claim was made that it was your overwhelming machismo that is driving this.

[Buck Sexton]

I will acknowledge to MSNBC that in comparison to virtually all of the men that appear on that network, I would have overwhelming machismo. But this felt like somewhat of a calculated attack buck, because yesterday I'm just. Media Matters. Media Matters wrote the headline. This is a real headline. Out kicks Clay Travis. Federal takeover of D.C. should be a test case for whether we can go into other cities. And then they pulled, here's my quote that they said was so unbelievable. I would like D.C. to be a test case for whether we could go into other cities where far too many people are being murdered in and help to drive down the violent crime rate there as well. Uh, I, again, I'm not surprised. Usually when people come after me or you for something that we might say, because there are things that we say that people on the left would be unhappy about. This, to me, is the least. Being in favor of there being fewer murders is the least controversial thing I may have ever said in my media career. But I think it's, it's indicative of, of their inability to pick rational things to fight about because they're just so reflexively anti Trump that even things that are not particularly political, hey, let's have less people die in D.C. they automatically line up against him on it really is derangement. That is not getting better.

[Clay Travis]

Well, I'm glad Clay was able to take a moment to stop smashing beer cans against his face and belching the Alphabet with all of his machismo, talking about how that bring crime down. Yeah, it was amazing. I saw that. I said, wow, really? Just, just throwing elbows at my man Clay over this one, too. This is not even you. You say way crazy. No one even remembers what you said about Michelle Obama. I was like, oh, they're going to come after him on that one. But nope, apparently not.

[Buck Sexton]

So that's like the 748th least controversial thing that I said yesterday. And somehow that's the one that they.

[Clay Travis]

Decided, like when I got attacked on HBO for my hot take on sports for Simone Biles not being like the bravest for stepping out of an event. You remember that one. It's always the ones that you don't expect. It's always the ones, you know, the takes that you put out there that you don't. Ok, let's dive into now the crime situation and this back and forth because I think once again, Trump, well, oh, wait, no, this was my favorite. This is my favorite. Anan Jiradharad, Jirida Haradas, Jira Haradis. I'm actually trying to get that one right. Jirid Haradis was on Morning Joe. I did not see this live. Unfortunately, my Morning Joe viewing did not catch this one. But this is the kind of stuff that is being offered up. Meanwhile, Cash Patel is saying, yeah, FBI just arrested a whole bunch of very scary, very bad, bad dudes, bad people who have committed very serious crimes who are out there in D.C. so things are already happening. They're already taking action to take violent criminals off the streets. Over at MSNBC, this guy, Mr. Jira Hardis, is saying that this is what he's worried about. Play 2.

[Jirid Haradis]

A relatively small crime problem is being used for specific authoritarian purposes that we know and understand. So let's be clear about D.C. does have a really one really big crime problem, which was the January 6th insurrection incited by the current president United States. And his first act in coming back was pardoning all the people who tried to overturn constitutional republic order in Washington, D.C. when I go to D.C. i'm not afraid of losing my wallet so much as I'm afraid of losing my vote. I'm not afraid of losing my wallet so much as I'm afraid that my children's freedom to breathe will be stolen in a world where climate change policy is non existent.

[Buck Sexton]

Clay.

[Clay Travis]

I'm not scared of crime in D.C. i'm scared of climate change. Might be the most perfect distillation of lib MSNBC delusion I have ever heard post Covid. I mean, it might be the craziest thing, and I'm sure he's not alone in believing this.

[Buck Sexton]

I think that opposing Trump trying to bring down violent crime in D.C. may be the craziest anti Trump position that Democrats have taken yet. I, I, I, look, there are other things Trump, I think, has exposed them on men and women's sports, for instance, but that's a choice they made prior to Trump. This is a direct response to Trump saying, I want to bring down the overall death rate in the country, in our nation's capital. I want it to be a beautiful jewel of a city with low crime, low homelessness, less graffiti, less waste product everywhere. And this guy comes on and says that he's worried about climate change more than he's worried about being mugged. First of all, that's a lie. There is no one who, especially an effeminate man like him, there is no one out there walking the streets of D.C. late at night that is thinking as they breathe the air, oh, my goodness, I am terrified of climate change. But thank the Lord I don't have to worry about getting somebody knocking me in the back of the head. That doesn't exist. That, and this is one of the things that I think is exposing Democrats, is that their arguments are so profoundly inauthentic that even people who might believe in climate change don't believe that argument. And I'm surprised that guy has kids because I, frankly, that's not an argument that sounds like someone with a functional penis would make. So congratulations to him on that, I guess. But this is, you know, maybe that's machismo coming out of me, but come on, like, this is not, this is not a real argument that a rational human being would make. And he doesn't even believe it. Right. I mean, this is, this is the essence, I think, of their collapse as a party, why they keep hitting new lows in support, and why they basically have no men in America that are supporting the Democrat Party. Now. Would that have functional brains at all? I think it's arguments like These, spoken.

[Clay Travis]

Like the mansplaining machismo expert himself, Clay Travis. All the machismo. Just, just, you know, oh, I can't handle it all. Yeah, man, crime is bad. And anyone who's lived in D.C. or spent time there knows that this has been a. Remember at one point was the murder capital of the United States. I understand it's gotten a lot better since then, but it also got a lot worse in 2023 relative to where it has been in the 21st century. And there's also more and more evidence that they're cooking the books and that the prosecutors are downgrading felony crimes to non felonies to make things look better. Anyone who has seen the show the Wire remembers this, and anyone who's worked in a major police department knows this is something that is a temptation for the brass. Oh, yeah, we're doing a great job in this precinct because we're actually not doing the arrests that we were doing before or on the prosecutorial side. Same idea. We're just going to downgrade all these arrests to something that's not a big deal.

[Buck Sexton]

Also, Jan6 as in some way a, you know, the worst day for America since the Civil War. Even trying to continue to make that argument, which is something that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden tried to sell. There was barely a blip when Trump pardoned everybody who was involved in Jan6. Now, partly that's because Biden pardoned his entire family right beforehand, but I also think it's an understanding that they played that for every ounce that they could, and there's just no juice left in that. In that orange, so to speak.

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

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Welcome back in. President Trump, I think, is still talking, by the way, another press conference, and I do think it's worth mention. You haven't heard a single, even discussion point of the 25th Amendment in Trump 2.0. I think Greg, our producer, had a great clip where it was comparing and contrasting the way they went after Trump's health compared to Biden's. And Trump is taking questions at all moments. We'll pull some of those cuts. But he is continuing to explain why he's making the decisions that he is surrounding D.C. and I don't think there's any way to avoid or ignore that. Next year is the 250th anniversary of the country. And I think one reason that Trump wants Washington, D.C. to be ready for its proverbial close up is because there are gonna be many different really awesome events to celebrate the 250th birth of our country. And so again, this is now, what, three days that Trump has basically owned the news cycle by saying, I'm going to clean up DC and we're going to have violent crime. And then tomorrow the news cycle will pivot to Trump is traveling to Alaska, he's going to meet with Vladimir Putin, and that will lead us through the whole weekend. And whatever Democrats were trying to talk about is going to vanish. Heck, remember Texas redistricting? It's like that story has already completely vanished. And I do think this is Trump's unique ability to, to really be able to dominate the narrative cycle and take command of it.

[Clay Travis]

It's been remarkable to watch as Democrats try to do this. Even Chris Matthews, by the way, this is cut 10. He's a democrat who used to have his show on MSNBC. He's like Democrats are. Because he lives in the D.C. area. He knows they're defending the indefensible. Play it.

[Laura]

I think this is a strength move against the big cities who are in a difficult situation on crime and the murder rate. You can't keep saying violent crime is down, but the murder rate's up to the average person. The murder ups about life and death. You don't brag about a rising murder rate. And the Democrats are. They're falling into the trap of defending what's indefensible.

[Clay Travis]

They are. We've been telling you this, right? I mean, this is when isn't it funny? You'll hear things on Clay and Buck and we'll be taking a position here. And then you'll hear the smarter, higher iq, more realistic Democrats the next day say exactly what we've said on this show because it's true.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, I think there's just, there is still a rational element and it tends to be the older Democrats like Chris Matthews as opposed to the younger socialists like Zoran Mandami.

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

Clay, I just tagged her. I just tagged her on social media. I'm gonna let her retract. I'm just telling you she is not going to retract Retract. She's gonna retract.

[Clay Travis]

Scurrilous attack.

[Buck Sexton]

She's going to demand that there be radar.

[Clay Travis]

I'm going, I'm going to find. I have many police friends here in Miami and I, because I think would have. Would a radar gun for a car work for a serve too? I don't know. This is, I got to figure this out like this.

[Buck Sexton]

I don't know what the, what the method by which they measure the speed of a serve, but anybody who watches tennis has seen immediately after every serve, they flash it up. It's sponsored by Rolex or somebody, I think. Right.

[Clay Travis]

Usually IBM Shotspot. They have all these things. Yeah, but that's like very high tech and a multi million dollar, you know, enterprise of the technology involved.

[Buck Sexton]

Somebody in Miami, in the super high end tennis universe has got the ability to. I bet they have this. I'm just going to say, I'm just.

[Clay Travis]

Going to say, you know, Laura has the opportunity to retract the scandalous accusation, the scandalous doubting of my serve after seeing video because I'm a gentleman. If she wants though, the radar gun.

[Buck Sexton]

She'S not going to accept. I'm just telling you, I've been.

[Clay Travis]

We got to put a stake, we got to put a stake wager on this. We're going to have to. She's going to have to, you know, I don't know which steakhouse in Nashville. And we'll do. We know, we'll take her to the dancing steakhouse here in Miami Beach. If I'm wrong. All right, we'll go to the fun place.

So.

Cause I think, I think she sees that video, she might get a little, might feel a little iced on this one. It could be a little, you know, I think she's going to be surprised. This has been the story of my life. People underestimate the strength and speed of the buckster because he just looks cuddly. But it turns out that there can be. There could be surprises in store. All right, man.

[Buck Sexton]

The confidence, by the way, on Twitter after I shared this. You're getting lit up. People are not. They're actually lining up behind our Alara. Maybe 80 miles an hour, maybe. And let's see here, maybe 70 miles an hour. 67, about 75.

[Clay Travis]

People are out of their minds. People are out of their minds. No, no idea. No idea what they're talking about. The pros serve routinely now. 125, 130 miles an hour. So if Laura had said 120, I'd be like, that's tough. 100 miles an hour, Clay. The women's tennis players. Women's tennis players routinely 110 miles an hour now.

[Buck Sexton]

So just telling Grok to answer the question on Twitter now. I don't know if Grok. Oh, wow.

[Clay Travis]

I didn't think about that. That's actually a. A.I.

[Buck Sexton]

You would think, does potentially have the ability to actually. To actually time this out. So you can go see the video for yourself from Buck's Twitter account at Buck Sexton. I just retweeted it. Laura Travis is in meetings for our house that we are building. So we will. I will let you know when I hear.

[Clay Travis]

I'm just. I'm just telling you. The average. The average pro tour women serve. The average women serve is about 100 miles an hour. Now, the question is not can I serve in a match every serve over 100 miles an hour. The question is, can I juice it over 100 miles an hour one time and get it in. I mean, if any of you can do math, you could. 60ft.

[Jirid Haradis]

Look at that.

[Clay Travis]

You could do slow mo if you want. 70 miles. 70 miles an hour. That's. That's prepost. Throw a basketball 70 miles an hour. It's insane. So anyway. All right, all right, so. So now we get into real things. I'm just saying this is. You know, when. When one is called out on this, one is called out on this. I mean, we're. Did people think that Clay was using dummy weights when he did his 18510 times? I don't know. Maybe some people thought that, but it turned out Clay could bench 185 ten times. All right, I know you don't come here for all the silliness only. So let's dive into some of the realities here of what Trump was just saying. You know, I want to. I want to do this. Interest rates, actually, because this. This has got to happen. It has been far too delayed. Trump was just speaking. He just. He just finished, right, guys? Because he was speaking while we went on air. Who. He's going off for quite some time. Cut 32 here. TRUMP Talking about where interest rates need to be. Listen to this one. Play it.

[I]

And now he's got us in a bad place. So we're paying $360 billion a year for each point. Now, I believe we should be three or four points lower. So that's over a trillion dollars we pay every year in interest. And it's really just a paper calculation. You sign a document and you save almost a trillion dollars. Because that number equates very much to the bonds that we have to buy. But despite that, we're powering through it and we have the greatest economy maybe we've ever had.

[Clay Travis]

I think this is going to be fantastic for the economy.

[Buck Sexton]

Look, the number one thing, and I'm just going to keep hammering this, we were just talking about this off air. I have been in my house for 10 years. I have like a 2.8% interest rate because that was the rates that you could get at some point over the past decade. If, however you, if you're, if you're fortunate enough to have a rate like that, which many of you are, you don't want to move. If you are unfortunate. And you bought just a couple of years after that, right? You bought in 2022, you bought in 2023. You've got around a 7% interest rate on your house and you are desperate to be able to bring that rate down. And it just hasn't happened. But that disconnect has broken the housing market. Joe Biden broke the housing market and Trump understands interest rates. If he can get them back to 5% on the mortgage rates, if he can get them to four and a half, then all of the housing market suddenly opens up, people are willing to pay a bit more. You had a kid, maybe you had a kid leave college and you leave for college and you don't need the same size home anymore. It is just, I think the number one bottleneck right now that exists in our economy is the mortgage run up from around two and a half points to seven overnight, basically because Biden let inflation go to 9%. And people can always say, well, 7% historically is not, you know, a crazy awful rate for a mortgage. I understand that argument, but in the context of going from about 2 and a half to 7 plus in the space of about 18 months is truly unheard of in much of modern life for most people out there buying homes. So this is, this is the thing. Trump's 100% right on. Now, inflation has not taken off. There's an expectation that the Fed is going to lower rates in September, maybe also in October, probably going to get a half basis point minimum before the end of the year. So if you were out there and you're looking at housing markets and you're thinking about making a move to the extent that you want to listen to Clay Travis, interest rate aficionado. I would say if you start to buy sometime around Thanksgiving, you're probably going to get a much lower rate going forward. And hopefully those rates will continue to get cut going into 2026. So you can add mortgage rate expert to my list of, of things that I predicted here. A lot of you are way better versed in interest rates than me, but I do spend enough time about involved in it. I know you've got different properties. I've been involved in a variety of commercial real estate transactions over the years, still have a bunch and then personal residence. So this is a big deal and Trump knows this better than anyone. And Jerome Powell's been a disaster. He was too late to stop inflation and now I think he's been too late to bring back down the rates that he was forced to raise rapidly because he was too late. He's always too late reacting to the underlying economic data in my opinion. I think Trump's right about this.

[Clay Travis]

He also goes into this here. He says on the issue of the crime, this is cut 29. What we want to do is make wash. Well, let's let the President say it, play it.

[I]

What we want to do is make Washington D.C. the greatest, most beautiful, safest capital anywhere in the world. And that's going to happen. I mentioned the word bones before. The bones here, the bones, we have the greatest bones. When you look at that Supreme Court building, I think it's one of the most beautiful buildings. When you look at some of the buildings here are so magnificent and everything's good but it's just dirty and not properly maintained. It's not taken care of, potholes in the roads. All of it's going to happen very quickly. We're going to seek a relatively small amount of money for fix up.

[Buck Sexton]

I just, I don't understand how this is something that Democrats have decided they're going to be opposed to. It just it to me is one of the most ridiculous arguments maybe that they've ever adopted.

[Clay Travis]

I think that this is another situation where maybe they just, there's that reflexive anti Trumpism that comes across and they think, well that's what I have to do. And now they've created this position for themselves where like why wouldn't you want the FBI dealing with violent crime on the streets? You know, why wouldn't you want people to be in a situation where they're safer? And it reminds me a little bit of the immigration issue which is at they started off, remember they're used to just being able to say it's racist and like we are a nation of immigrants and all this stuff. Well, first of all, on the racist point, majorities of minorities in this country want a secure border too, so that's tougher than ever to, to sell. But Clay, they started out going after. What was that guy's name, the one who got sent to. You know what I mean?

[Buck Sexton]

Abreu Garcia.

[Clay Travis]

Abreu Garcia. They started out that.

[Buck Sexton]

That story has completely vanished, by the.

[Clay Travis]

Way, because I think it puts 13 gang members. Ms. 13 gang members. And you know, you sit there, you just say to yourself, this is something that's not going to go well for them. But you almost get the sense that there's no adult in the party who is out there to say, hey, guys, you know, this is, this is not helping you, right? Like, there's no voice of reason from the top of the Democrat Party. Not that there ever really is, but there's usually a savvy, you know, there's somebody who can read the polls and understands. Look, as much as he was a dementia patient, Biden knew even at the height of blm, not to go with defund police. Yeah, he was a savvy enough cat or his advisors were not to go with defund the police. It's like right now there's no voices in the Democrat Party who are really, or at least that are big because we're playing some Democrats, right, Like Chris Matthews, but there's no big prominent voices who are saying, guys, on this crime thing, you got to at least say we have a better approach to it. The DC's really safe. You're lying. It's such a great city and no one should worry about this or we should worry about climate change. Just makes you look insane.

[Buck Sexton]

Here is a guy, let me give you a name that I think could come out of nowhere in 2028 in the Democrat primary process. Rahm Emanuel. I think he is a relatively normal, rational guy who is in the 1990s era Democrat, which, by the way, 1990s era Democrats are basically Republicans now. In fact, there are a ton of you out there who maybe in your younger days might have voted Democrat in the 1990s, and you now are voting for Trump because the whole concept of a centrist Democrat doesn't really exist anymore, by and large. It's basically become a rational, common sense Republican. And I think Rahm Emanuel is of that ilk in the 1990s Democrat now. That's what they tried to run Joe Biden as and Buck. The question that I think is still floating around out there is, are any of the Democrats that try to take the moderate, rational, common sense lane, are they actually just going to be liars? Like Biden was. And then as soon as they get into office, bend their knee to the progressive wing of the party and go out there and run the country not as some form of centrist but as a far left winger. That's what Biden did, right? Biden was a sheep, a wolf in sheep's clothing, right? They pretended that he was not. That he was Grandpa Joe and he wasn't really going to do anything that aggressive. And then they got him in there and I don't think he really had any idea what was going on. And they ran him like he was Bernie Sanders. And I think that's why his entire political universe collapsed. Not to mention he had dementia and so he didn't have the mental or physical ability to stand up to any of these guys. Look, football's back on Thursday or Friday. I'll give you a pick for the preseason. We'll have some fun. But it is underway. All of the games are being played and you can play Prize picks in over 40 states. California, Texas, Florida, Georgia. If you love football and I love football. My ninth grader has got a scrimmage tonight. His season starts next week. I cannot wait to watch football on my television. If you're like me, you love college football, you love the NFL, you're going to love prize picks. All you have to do is pick more or less on players and you can turn a small five dollar pick into $500, into $1,000 if you hit on a bunch of different picks. Being right. And it's just fun. It's easy to use. Over 40 states you can basically play if you're feeling left out in California, Texas, Georgia, all these places. You get 50 bucks when you play $5 again. We're gonna have fun. Weekly picks on the show. You can play along with Buck and me. Prize Picks is going to run your game. You must be present in states where it's legal. Again, over 40 states. Prizepix.com My Name Clay. You get 50 bucks just for going right now to prizepix.com My name Clay. That's prizepix.com MyName Clay. Want to be in the know when you're on the go the Team 47 podcast. Drop highlights from the week, Sundays at noon Eastern in the Clan Buck podcast feed. Find it on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast.

[Clay Travis]

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[Buck Sexton]

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[Buck Sexton]

Welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton show. We'll have some fun. The talkbacks are phenomenal from you guys, relating to yesterday's show, I'm sure. From today's show also. But my buddy Gary, who told me that I had the beard of a homeless man after we talked about him. First of all, he's a big fan, so I appreciate him. Still listening. He said, clay, I listened to your show today as I do most days. My wife and I enjoy your show tremendously. You were discussing the email regarding your homeless appearance. That was my email. Sorry about that, but I couldn't resist. Please shave the beard. My wife and I lived in middle Tennessee for a number of years. We love the area. Maybe we will see you down the road if you will speak to me, Gary. Smiley face, Louisville. So. So, Gary, who has gone from. I don't know. I don't. I've shaved the beard before, and my wife said, no, just put it back on. I've had a beard for 23 years, so that's a long time to have a beard. So I, you know, I remember when I was a kid, you ever go on vacation and you get your dad to not shave and see if he can grow a beard, and you think it's kind of a fun thing. I imagine kids today still. I took the beard off on a vacation. I was like, okay, I'm gonna do the reverse. And my kids were like, no, no, no. And Laura was like, yeah, really? You need to grow the beard back. So I think I need to cover up as much of my face as possible is the big takeaway here, Gary. Although I will say now that my beard is going white, I am noticing how many of you out there are. I don't know why beards go white before the hair, but a lot of you out there are dying your beards, and I just got to call you out, because now that I'm getting into my upper 40s, there's no way that you're 65 and you have a midnight black beard. Nobody buys it. You're. You're out there doing the. The painting of the beer. I don't even know how you dye your hair. I've never done it so far, but I don't know what I'm gonna do when I've got the full white beard and still the dark hair. That's kind of a weird look. I don't even know biologically why that would happen. Somebody out there is probably an expert and can explain this. Have you noticed that, Buck, your beard goes gray for almost all men before your hair does? What would make. Why would that make sense? I mean, I know the beard hair is shorter, so maybe it's getting replaced more frequently, but it doesn't make sense to me that that would happen first. These are kinds of things I sit around and think about.

[Clay Travis]

I used to think that I'd have to sort of cut out like little bits of the gray. Now I just go with the gray. You've got a nice, you've got like a silver fox thing on the chin going there, buddy. So you just gotta lean into it. I'm just gonna say this because there's a lot of doubters out there still. Oh yeah, a lot of doubters. Big I bought a speed gun just now. I just spent 200 on a speed gun. Now I want to be clear. I just posted the first serve that I hit yesterday on a video. The bet is can I get it over 100 miles an hour? I want to be clear about this. Can I get it over 100 miles an hour in the box serve gun video. You will have an answer and I'm paying attention to all of the doubters here. You will have a video answer with speed gun by Monday.

[Buck Sexton]

You just bought the speed gun during the break during the commercial.

[Clay Travis]

I just bought a 200 tennis serve speed gun. Some of you gonna be eating your words and my serve.

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