Hour 1 - Make Soccer Great Again

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Hour 1, June 2, 2026

Episode Theme:
This hour pivots around upcoming primary elections in California, ongoing political shakeups nationwide, and an in-depth look at preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, with particular focus on politics, public sentiment, and cultural developments. The hosts mix sharp commentary, humor, and guest interviews to break down these pressing issues.

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Key Segments & Themes

1. California Primary Day – Political Upheaval and Expectations

(01:36–16:48, 18:45–22:54)

Key Points:

• Elections in Focus:
  Big primary elections in California (LA mayor & Governor's race), with hope for GOP upsets despite the hosts' playful characterization of California as "the communist headquarters."
  — "I'm hopeful, I'm hopeful that there can be at least one, if not two big upsets from Republicans in this thing." – Buck Sexton [01:45]

• Candidate Talk:
  Debate over Spencer Pratt’s mayoral run and Steve Hilton’s gubernatorial chances. Hosts suggest California and New York are at ideological breaking points, with voters potentially ready to reject failed “professional politicians.”

• Guest Soundbite (Spencer Pratt, played by Andrew Giuliani):
  — "My opponents are the reason the city's failing. So anything they say is just more lies… I don't have the experience of failing like they have." [06:04]

• Electoral Frustration and Systemic Issues:
  Critique of California’s slow vote counting and suspicions about election trust:
  — "The longer it takes to count votes, the less trustworthy the results are across the board." – Clay Travis [20:03]

• Unpopularity of Incumbents:
  Karen Bass highlighted as unpopular, with discussion about public outrage over unaddressed issues (wildfires, rebuilding delays, crime).

Notable Quotes:

• “Why is doing a terrible job a qualification for keeping a job?” – Buck Sexton [06:25]
• “People still can't get their homes rebuilt. So it is futility in both directions… You both allowed my home to burn down… and you weren't able to deal with what should have been a very easily dealt with wildfire…” – Clay Travis [08:48]

Timestamps:

• California election stakes & candidates: [01:36–10:22]
• LA Republican Chair on vote counting: [19:20–21:30]
• Polling & prediction market discussion: [11:53–14:55]

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2. Political Betting & Prediction Markets

(13:14–14:55, 18:45–19:20, previewed for next hour)

Overview:

• Hosts reference prediction market odds over traditional polling, framing markets as a more accurate, real-time gauge.
• Clay Travis reveals he has “six open political wagers” and $3,000 in a prediction market account—teasing more detail for the next hour.

Notable Quotes:

• "These markets have become massive. That's why I would rather pay attention to them than the polls..." – Clay Travis [14:48]
• “I'll just be public with it. I have six open political wagers…” – Clay Travis [14:55]

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3. 2026 FIFA World Cup: Security, Economics, and American Exceptionalism

Guest: Andrew Giuliani, Executive White House Task Force on FIFA World Cup (22:54–34:33)

Key Discussion Points:

• Scope and Security:
  The 2026 World Cup is the largest sporting event in world history, with 11 US stadiums hosting 78 matches. Security planned on Super Bowl level, including advanced drone mitigation at all venues. — "[We're] setting up all 11 stadiums... exactly like it would be from a perimeter perspective... like it was a Super Bowl." – Andrew Giuliani [24:25] — "We are not going to compromise our security, especially in light of... issues that are going on." – Andrew Giuliani [24:55]

• Economic Impact:
  Expected $30 billion boost for the 11 host cities and significant local economic ripple effects as teams and thousands of fans are based in the US. — “We’re expecting $30 billion in economic impact… that’s just for the 11 host cities.” – Andrew Giuliani [26:58]

• Public Experience:
  Practical advice: Arrive 1.5–2 hours early. New security features include triple ticket checks and fan zones. Many matches priced under $250; fan festivals made free or low-cost via federal grants. — “Soccer fans are notorious for coming to the gates… within the last 15, 20 minutes. That’s not going to work unless you’re going to miss the first half.” – Andrew Giuliani [29:34]

• Patriotic Opportunity:
  Giuliani frames the event as a chance to showcase American exceptionalism and counter negative international media narratives. — "There is no larger platform... to get out the truth about American exceptionalism. ...This is an unbelievable opportunity to show firsthand that America is capable truly of hosting…" [27:48]

• Personal & Light Moments:
  Nostalgic banter about Giuliani’s childhood soccer career ("The Great Wall of Giuliani") and playful suggestions he might suit up for Team USA if needed. — “If the USA soccer team gets into a little trouble, I just think they should have a jersey on standby for you to get in that net. Because ain't nothing getting past my man Andrew." – Buck Sexton [33:53] — "If we want the US to win... you put me on the other team in goal... we're going to win eight games and be World cup champs." – Andrew Giuliani [34:09]

Timestamps:

• World Cup background & security planning: [24:18–29:34]
• Economic and fan experience: [26:58–33:44]
• Lighthearted personal anecdotes: [33:44–34:33]

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4. Military Service and Transgender Debate

(38:20–42:45)

Key Points:

• Discussion of court decision ruling the Pentagon’s ban on transgender troops unconstitutional; ongoing legal battle expected to reach Supreme Court.

• Hosts argue that many legitimate health-related disqualifications (e.g., celiac disease, peanut allergy) exist for military service, so hormonal treatments and gender reassignment should also be considered for readiness reasons.

• Express concern that the military is being driven by ideology rather than practical considerations. — “You can be a guy who thinks that he should have a vagina instead of a penis and is taking massive amounts of estrogen… and that makes you fit and ready for combat? …That is insane.” – Buck Sexton [39:56]

• Critique of Judicial Reasoning:
  — "These judges say it was about essentially bigotry… I'm trying to remember the word. It was like antipathy or hostility. That's what the policy is rooted in and therefore it's invalid under the equal protection clause… is there antipathy against people with peanut allergies?" – Buck Sexton [41:16]

Notable Quotes:

• "If you can't do it with peanut allergies, then chopping your penis off should... impact your ability to be a soldier." – Clay Travis [41:08]
• “Taking estrogen shots… creates emotional instability.” – Buck Sexton [41:08]

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• "His greatest contribution as a Nobel laureate is showing everyone that you can win a Nobel Prize in economics and still be a total moron."
  — Buck Sexton on Paul Krugman [05:36]

• “Every parent shares the same wish: safety for kids. You can't keep them at home all the time. ...This product, I love it...” – Clay Travis pitching pepper spray with tracker [34:34]

• (On slow vote counting:) "I'm from a third world country, the island of Jamaica, where we dip fingers in ink and get account the same night..."
  — LA Republican Chair [19:41]

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Additional Highlights

• Political Trolling & Humor:
  Good-natured ribbing about "making Entourage California again," competitive bet disclosures, and playful nostalgia throughout.

• Upcoming Guests Previewed:
  Kelly Paul (Rand Paul’s wife, children’s book author), Steve Hilton, additional Andrew Giuliani World Cup coverage promised for later hours.

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Useful Timestamps Index

• [01:36–10:22] – California election and candidate discussion
• [11:53–14:55] – Data, polling, and prediction market odds
• [18:45–22:54] – Delays and complaints in CA vote counting
• [22:54–34:33] – World Cup interview with Andrew Giuliani
• [38:20–42:45] – Military service/transgender court battle

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Tone & Style

The hosts maintain a trademark blend of sharp criticism, sarcastic humor, and camaraderie, keeping discussions lively and engaging. They pivot easily between serious policy analysis and lighthearted anecdotes, ensuring both substance and entertainment.

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Summary prepared for listeners who want the play-by-play, major insights, and flavor of the June 2, 2026, Hour 1 episode without enduring the ads, plugs, and non-content filler.

Transcript

[Buck Sexton]

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[Andrew Giuliani]

My opponents are the reason the city's failing. So anything they say is just more lies. They know with me, we're changing what's going on. We're stopping it. So it's not like a closing government. They're already excited about me. The reason I'm here is because I'm not like these people. I don't have the experience of failing like they have.

[Buck Sexton]

I think that's key, Clay, the people that are saying, look at my resume. Or he's, how could he do this? And particularly the individuals who have been in these positions, like Karen Bass, they have done a terrible job. So why is that? Why is doing a terrible job a qualification for keeping a job?

[Clay Travis]

So, couple of things. Go vote. There's also a big decision in Iowa. There are many different states having primaries today, but in particular all of California, and we played it yesterday. But I do think you have to go vote for Steve Hilton if you are a Republican, because I don't think there's any way Chad Bianco, based on all the numbers, is going to make the runoff. And if Chad Bianco doesn't make the runoff and Steve Hilton doesn't make the runoff, then you're going to have double Democrats and that's going to be significant down ballot in la. We're going to end up, I hope, with Spencer Pratt against Karen Bass, and then Spencer Pratt is going to have multiple more months to make the argument that he represents sanity, not that he represents the Republican Party, just that he represents a repudiation of the choices that have been made. You sent me. We played it on the show yesterday. Great television show back in the day, Entourage, Doug Allen represents. He was the creator of Entourage. Doug Ellen represents, I think, a traditional Democrat voter that's just fed up with the reality of what's happening on the ground in la. And the question is, are people fed up enough that they could go in the direction of Rudy Giuliani? It's also, to me, Buck, kind of intriguing because LA and New York are obviously our two biggest cities in America, and New York said, hey, we're frustrated by a lot. We're going to put basically a communist in office in Momdani, and the question is just going to be, what is he actually capable of doing and how much worse can he make things? On the flip side, the other argument here is, is LA going to go the exact opposite direction and say we've reached a break the glass moment when it comes to basic issues. And, uh, and Karen Bass is wildly unpopular, and so as a result, we're going to find a way to try and replace her. There still is a lot of anger and maybe we need to get Adam Carolla on. He's a friend of the show and he posted the other day, Buck. Basically nothing has been rebuilt in Malibu. Basically nothing has been rebuilt in the Palisades. So to me, there's two frustrating elements here, and I actually think President Trump could address these frustrating elements for a lot of people in la. One is that they allowed all of the houses to burn down and that Karen Bass was in Ghana at the time that it occurred. The mayor was. That's frustrating. That's infuriating. The second part is people still can't get their homes rebuilt. So it is futility in both directions. You both allowed my home to burn down because of the incompetence of not having water in the reservoirs and because you weren't able to deal with what should have been a very easily dealt with wildfire, which was set by an arsonist I know everybody still wants to talk about, oh, this was an example of global warming. No. A crazy left winger decided to light this fire and that's why these houses burned down.

[Buck Sexton]

A fan of Luigi the murderer. Yes, explicit fan of Luigi. I mean, this is a guy who, you know, wanted to do his part to bring down civilization, didn't assassinate a CEO, but burned down thousands of homes because he's such a lunatic. A few.

[Clay Travis]

So both directions, Buck, the burn down and the rebuild. They can't get either to happen, which is symptomatic, I think, of a broken Los Angeles. And the question is, are people frustrated enough to break the glass and go grab Spencer Pratt, who is a political novice, because they're so upset about what the professional politicians have done.

[Buck Sexton]

We are in a different era as we know. Donald Trump leading the charge on this one. He was a political novice and he has really defined not just the two, the two terms that he will have had in office, but also the Biden interregnum, if you will. This has been the Trump era of politics and he's a guy who never held elected office before he ran for president. So the notion that Spencer Pratt cannot be or that Steve Hilton cannot be in elected office, I think on its face is just preposterous. So. And to that end, Clay, I polled some of the, the data. It was actually even a little bit more encouraging. We'll talk to Steve Hilton today. Spencer Pratt hasn't come on the show. I don't know. You know, I love his hummingbirds doing a great job. He should come on this show. But we haven't been able to track him down for some reason. Maybe he doesn't, you know, he doesn't know how much we love freedom America and the beautiful California coast, that we communists.

[Clay Travis]

I'm just going to point this out. There are a lot of people that just, they don't realize how big this show is. And I think that's true for a lot of people that maybe are non traditional in the political universe. And I understand it because it's challenging. You're getting so many different invites to go on and do so many different shows. This show has 600 affiliates. I mean, most of the Republican Party side gets it. But I think Spencer Pratt is a political novice. He DM me and said he's going to come on. We've emailed with his team. I think when he becomes a finalist and the campaign continues, I'm confident we'll get him.

[Buck Sexton]

So here are the numbers that I was able to pull. Steve Hilton's chances as of today. And, but there's a, there's a huge slew of candidates. If you see, this is absurd. How many people are in this governor's race? But he's a very serious, not just contender, but top contender. Latest Emerson polling from just a couple of days ago, Emerson College polling had him tied for second place. Clay. So this Steve Hilton, this is not a vanity campaign. This is not, oh, I want attention. He, he could certainly come in second. He could come in first. He could win this thing today based on the most recent polling data you can pull, in fact, and by the uc. But if he was here, he'd be like, buck, what about UC Berkeley? The UC Berkeley poll Bowl has him at second place ahead of Steyer. So he's just. And he's a couple of points behind Becerra in. In any of the. He's within. Within striking distance is the point. So he absolutely can win by the numbers today, depending on turnout and a few other things. You know, Clay, this isn't. He's behind 10 or 15 points in every poll or he's, you know, in ninth place among 10 candidates or something. He's very serious. And then in the Spencer Pratt side of things, Clay, he's two, three points behind Bass. He's also within striking distance of the first place position, not of, you know, being a contender.

[Clay Travis]

The. So a couple of things here. I go to the. I go to all of the data on the prediction markets, so I don't even trust polling. I Polling always made me a little bit nervous. It appears right now, based on the odds, everybody go vote. Everybody go vote. Everybody go vote. That the two finalists in California are likely to be Xavier Becerra.

[Buck Sexton]

Javier.

[Clay Travis]

Javier should be Xavier. Be. I'd be.

[Buck Sexton]

Well, it could be Xavier or Javier, but I live in South Florida.

[Clay Travis]

I can't. I can't.

[Buck Sexton]

I gotta help you out with this one.

[Clay Travis]

It's Javier Becerra and this guy's name I can get right. Steve Hilton. So Becerra is 91% likely to advance. Steve Hilton 77% likely to advance. Tom Steyer in third place at 35%. Only the top two advance on the LA mayor. This is the live prediction markets with millions of dollars wagered on what's going to happen in the Los Angeles Mayor. Karen Bass is still favored to win, but Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt are favored to be both in the runoff. And Spencer Pratt has about a quarter percent chance, one in four of winning according to the current odds. Buck, on cowshi. $40 million has been wagered on the LA mayor race. $40 million. These things are huge. These markets have become massive. That's why I would rather pay attention to them than the polls, because the polls.

[Buck Sexton]

Are you getting in on that action? Hold on a second here, buddy. You getting in on that action? Am I going to follow your lead on this?

[Clay Travis]

I have right now, Buck, you'll appreciate this. I'll just be public with it. I have six open political wagers that I have placed. I'll tell you what those are when we come back. Yes, I'm super fascinated by it. These are not big dollar wagers, but I'm trying to put my money where my mouth is right now. I have $3,000 in a prediction market account. I'll tell you what predictions I have made. Polymarket Kalshi I am fascinated with them when it comes to the political angle and we will discuss when we come back. But I want to tell you as we go to break it is right now continuing to be tumultuous and dangerous in Israel and a huge part of that tumult and danger is trying to be addressed by what the IFCJ is doing. This is an organization. I've seen their work. It's American based, International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. They are there to help try and provide safety and security for people in Israel and they are using the connection between Jewish and Christian people to help and stand with Israel. You can go join. You can send a message of [e-mail] that's prayifcj.org this is incredible work whether it's food banks, whether it's building bomb shelters, taking care of people in hospitals, also providing bulletproof security on vehicles. The IFCJ does great work with your donations. Prayifcj.org you can send a prayer to someone who is struggling. Pray IFCJ Looking for normal in a

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[Clay Travis]

We got a bunch of guests coming your way, including Andrew Giuliani at the bottom of this hour, Steve Hilton at the bottom of the next hour, and then Rand Paul's wife Kelly, who I think you guys are going to enjoy hearing from. I'll get into maybe at the top of the next hour. I'll tell you what predictions I have made in the political marketplace. But Roxanne in Los Angeles, one big frustration a lot of us have, even those who live us, those of us who live outside of California, is how friggin long it takes for you guys to count the votes. Primaries today, when are we going to know who won?

[Republican Party of LA Chairman]

Join the club. You won't even know how many ballots have been cast in this election for a full week. And then the election isn't certified until the end of the month.

[Buck Sexton]

How is that possible? Like, can you just give us a little window into this? It just seems absurd beyond words.

[Republican Party of LA Chairman]

I don't know. I'm from a third world country, the island of Jamaica, where we dip fingers in ink and get account the same night. So I'm a US Immigrant, I'm chairman of the Republican Party of la. And it has always been a mystery to me.

[Buck Sexton]

Oh wow. Very cool.

[Clay Travis]

Well, I mean your story is very cool.

[Buck Sexton]

Not the not getting an answer for a week.

[Clay Travis]

No. Yeah. Look, I actually think that this and I understand that there's lots of things that people are talking about, but Roxanne, I imagine you would endorse this. The longer it takes to count votes, the less trustworthy the results are across the board. The fact that we're potentially going to have another House of Representatives on the fine line between who's going to win and not and that we're going to be waiting weeks this fall to see what the outcome is potentially based on some California races, it's crazy. Like this seems to me like a federal issue that should be addressed. Every state should count as fast as your state. Now Florida does buck. It's flawless. After 2000, Florida said we're fixing this. We're not going to do the chads ballots. We're not going to do all of the butterfly ballot ridiculousness. And they fixed it. Why can't California?

[Republican Party of LA Chairman]

Well, here's the good news. When we vote for sanity, we actually overwhelm that. So we voted to make crime illegal again. 70, 30. A couple years ago we also kicked out George Gascon, a Soros prosecutor, and we elected Nathan Hoffman. 7030. We can do that again because people are so excited about Steve, they're so excited about Spencer. And fingers crossed, just don't maybe pop the champagne tonight, but know that people are turning out and they need to go vote today.

[Buck Sexton]

Fantastic. Hey, thank you so much for the call. Appreciate hearing from you and get, get your fellow Republicans in la. See, they listen, Clay, they listen to the show. Get them out there, get them voting. And it would be such a, I think, Clay, a great indicator of where the country could be heading going in. Put the gas prices aside for a second and also it just would be great for California, you know, make Entourage California again. That should be the, that should be the slogan. All right, I've got a life hack for you. Chalk their supplements, incredible in so many ways. You know, I drink their pre workout formula Chad mode during the show a lot of the time. Have you ever seen me with a glass full of this blue liquid? That's just chad mode from chalk and it gets me fired up. I have so much energy, I can almost keep up with clay, which is madness because that guy can do media for 12 hours at a clip spelled with a Q as in C H O Q. And for the guys out there, if you want something a little more long range and holistic. Choc's male vitality stack helps with testosterone levels. Guys, if you're over 40, your T levels are diminishing. That is just science. That's reality. Chalk's male vitality stack can help restore 20% of your body's T levels within three months. You're going to feel those increases and feel great. Sign up today with Chalk.com, choq.com, Choq.com promo code Buck. You'll get a free $99 bag of Chalk lip powder with your first delivery chalk coq.com promo code buck.

[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay and Buck. Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. It is World cup in America season and they're going to be matches played all over the United States. And if you're upset at all with anything surrounding the World cup, this guy is to blame. Andrew Giuliani. I saw the New York Times had a huge profile that I was reading. I think it was in Sunday or Saturday of you. And the, the way that it was a great actually was a pretty good article, like, as these things go. I was reading it and I was like, as New York Times, they're going to be awful. But it was actually, I thought, relatively fair. But the very last paragraph was if anything goes wrong, Andrew's going to have to bear all the blame. We had dinner recently. You're running through all the different challenges at. His official title is Executive White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup. U.S. plays June 12 on Friday of next week, I believe that is in la. This thing starts next Thursday. You can correct me if I'm wrong on that, but I know you have been working all the time, all hours, dealing with mayors all over the country about these big events. What should our audience know about the World cup coming up starting next week? It's going to go on for a month and how significant it's going to be for the country.

[Andrew Giuliani]

Yeah, Clay, well, always great to be with you over here. You know, the funny thing was that was from Curtis Sliwa, who was a radio partner of mine.

[Clay Travis]

Oh, yes.

[Andrew Giuliani]

Way back when. So I don't know what that tells you and what you and Buck should get from that right there, but I guess don't allow your radio partner to do a New York Times interview. Otherwise they. They spill the beans. But no, really, look, we have the largest sporting event here in world history coming. When you look at the viewership numbers, and I know I've said this to you before, but about 130 million people watched the last Super Bowl, 1.6 billion watch the last World Cup Final. So this really is unlike every. Anything else from a security setup. I was with Secretary Mullen yesterday in Dallas looking at the stadium. There they are setting up all 11 stadiums in the United States of America, all 78 matches exactly like it would be like from a perimeter perspective, from a counter UAS perspective, like it was a Super Bowl. So you could just see the exact same perimeter setup that they used in Levi's Stadium last year in February for the, for the Super Bowl. That's exactly what they're going to be doing for the World Cup. So look, we've been telling fans, get there early, spend the day at the stadium. You want to make sure that you have the opportunity to get in because we are not going to compromise our security, especially in light of some of the, some of the issues that are going on. So that's been our main focus. And Clay, you know this and you've seen this In a lot of the lead up to this, the excitement and the energy around the World cup internationally, it's been going on for months. You're starting to feel that it's starting to become palpable here in the United States. But once that first game kicks off in the U.S. on June 12, you're right, we're starting in Mexico on June 11. The next day, the U.S. will play Paraguay at SoFi Stadium on June 12. Once that game kicks off, it is going to be an incredible energy in this country over the course of the 39 days that the World cup will be here.

[Buck Sexton]

Now, Andrew, I can bring a little special perspective to this because I recall almost, I don't know, 30 years ago, your own soccer career, sir. So you've been at this for quite some time. You were a goalkeeper, if I remember correctly, they called you the Great Wall of Giuliani and that nothing got past you. And on the St. David's Red Team, which was like the varsity team, you were the goalkeeper and people would, you'd run for that ball and they would scatter in fear knowing the drop kick that was about to, about to happen. So I just want everyone to know, and you're not new to the soccer situation and, and you're certainly bringing a lot of, of enthusiasm to something that's going to have what, what kind of money is this going to bring in? And what kind of attendance numbers are we looking at overall?

[Andrew Giuliani]

Yeah, well, the Great Wall, Giuliani, and wearing the Red Team uniform. I just want to make sure you know that I'm working for the United States of America. I love the United States of America. No issues with China there from that perspective. But you're absolutely right. We go way back here. Buck, I can tell you that this is going to be, from an economic perspective, a massive driver. We're expecting $30 billion in economic, economic impact. That's just for the 11 host cities. When you think about the fact that 39 of the teams will be basing in the United States. So think about the Croatian team will be based in Alexandria, Virginia. You'll have the Brazilians based in Morristown, New Jersey. You have England and Argentina based in the Kansas City suburbs there, that's where you're going to have tens of thousands depending on the country, tens of thousands of fans coming on out, spending their time, spending their dollars. That's where you're really going to see a major, major economic impact. The average traveler that comes here for the World cup, they may go to two games and spend and spend 12 days. That's what we've been trying to do. We've been trying to then push them to, to freedom. 250 events. All these celebrations around our semi quincentennial. When I first spoke to the President about this and actually just spoke to him on Sunday, again, kind of about the legacy aspect about this. The thing that I like to say is there is no larger platform that you're going to be able to go and get out the truth about American exceptionalism. We know that much of the media, especially the international media, has lied about American exceptionalism for the last many decades. This is an unbelievable opportunity to show firsthand that America is capable truly of hosting some of the great cultural events here in the world.

[Clay Travis]

I know. And you have met a lot of the Fox people that are putting this on FOX Sports. Awesome guys and gals that are going to be a part of this big festivity. And even in those conversations, there's been some talk about, hey, what should we be telling people who are going to these matches? You mentioned 11 different stadiums. You mentioned the security. I've heard it's Super Bowl. Like, I've been to a few Super Bowls. They tell you to arrive hours early because it's not the same as going to a regular baseball game or a regular football game. What would you tell anybody that's out there going to a game? Hey, if the game starts at 4 o' clock in the afternoon, how much time do you think they should give to get into the stadium? Given all the security issues, what should they budget?

[Andrew Giuliani]

Give an hour and a half? Definitely at least give an hour and a half, I would say. And soccer fans are notorious for coming to the gates here within the last 15, 20 minutes. That's not going to work unless you're going to miss the first half of the game. So we really, really want you to get in there. FIFA's set up a lot of different fan activations for those that have tickets we within the perimeter. So they're fascinating things to do. You can go and watch your team warm up for the hour before the game. So get there an hour and a half, two hours before we know gates are going to open two to three hours for the final four hours before. So make sure you get there. Look, people have paid a premium for these tickets. We want to make sure that they're able to really, really enjoy this. And you know, Clay, I'm glad you mentioned the super bowl again, because I was talking about the physical perimeters there and how you'll have three Ticket checks, unlike your typical NFL game where you normally have one. But I think one incredible story really to tell is on counter UAS mitigation and what we've been able to do. So in 2025, for all the sear event ratings around the United States, that would be the super bowl, that would be the Boston, New York Marathon, events like that. For all of them, only five were covered for Counter UAS mitigation, drone mitigation. In 2026, for the World cup alone, all 78 games will be covered for Counter UAS mitigation and one of the fan fests in each and every one of the cities. So just for the World cup alone, you're talking about over 156 different games sites that are being covered compared to five last year. That's not even including Saleforth 250 Freedom 250 F IndyCar, that's going to be on the, on the National Mall, all those other events. So this has really been an amazing work here by the federal interagency led by the Air Sovereignty Task Force with President Trump signed and the White House Task force on the World Cup.

[Clay Travis]

Andrew, one of the big conversation points has been dynamic pricing cost of tickets. I've actually seen that the cost of tickets has started to come down in many of these different matches. I want to take my kids. I think there's a lot of people out there that are just sports fans in general, may not be die hard soccer fans, but want to see what the experience is like. What would you say about cost? What would you say about the, the, the comfort level when it comes to taking your family security wise? What would you just say about that experience for families?

[Andrew Giuliani]

Yeah, look, I, I agree with the President, what he said a month ago or so. Costs are expensive and I think that part of that is the fact that FIFA had over 500 million ticket requests. This is going back January at the, the half billion mark for what is about 7 million tickets between the three countries here. And so that obviously creates a, a supply and demand. Now some of those ticket requests were overloaded to games like Colombia vs Portugal or Brazil vs Morocco where you might have some of the smaller countries or some of the newer countries, think Curacao where There are only 300,000 residents. There are games that are available for less than $200. And you can look in most cities you'll be able to now access a stadium for less than $250 for some of these games. So that's just the way that dynamic pricing works. Look, it's something that we've discussed. We certainly are aware of the price of this. We've, we have a federal, as a federal government has made sure that we put in federal security grants here for the states, for the 11 states that are going to be hosting World cup and World cup related events. And that's helped made the fan festivals free or very, very low cost for everybody. So we want to make sure that whether or not you're able to take your family to the stadium or whether you're going to a fan fest, that you're going to be able to have the opportunity to enjoy this World cup here in the United states over our 250th birthday.

[Clay Travis]

Andrew, we appreciate the work. I know your wife, your daughter, you've been traveling all over the place. I can't wait to see how this is going to shake out and I know it's going to be fantastic. And thanks for everything you're doing, Clay.

[Andrew Giuliani]

Thank you for your friendship. And Buck, I don't know who actually soccer career ended first, you or me, but you know, I think we're in the right places where we need to be.

[Buck Sexton]

I'm tell you something, Andrew, I know, I know you're a very humble man, but if the USA soccer team gets into a little trouble, I just think they should have a jersey on standby for you to get in that net. Because ain't nothing getting past my man Andrew. I've seen it before, man. I've seen you in that net.

[Andrew Giuliani]

Well, Buck, I appreciate it, but I'll put it this way. If we want the US to win and guarantee a win, you put me on the other team in goal there and something tells me we're going to win eight games and be World cup champs. But thank you for the I got to bring you on as my PR guy. This is amazing.

[Buck Sexton]

So I do what I can. Andrew Giuliani, everybody. Andrew, good luck with this huge endeavor. I think World Cup's going to be amazing and we'll be talking to you as it goes.

[Andrew Giuliani]

Thanks guys.

[Clay Travis]

That's Andrew Giuliani. He's doing great work. I'm excited about the World cup bucks, excited about the World cup, but I hope a lot of you are. I think it's gonna be a really cool. I know there's the anti soccer element out there, but I actually think this is gonna be pretty awesome. And I remember it being awesome back in 94 when we hosted the last time and there weren't very many soccer fans in general in the United States at that Time. There's way more now. I think this is gonna be cool. Hopefully the US Men can actually win some games. Every parent shares the same wish. Safety for kids. You can't keep them at home all the time. They're gonna be out and about. And this product, I love it. This is super cool. Go on Amazon right now. Check out Saber Smart pepper spray. This is pepper spray. Back in the day, I used to have pepper spray. I'd ride the school bus. My mom gave me pepper spray that I had on the keychain. I imagine a lot of you were doing that for your kids. Now, Sabre has been doing this for over 50 years, but this technology is brand new. When the pepper spray is activated, five different people, up to five are immediately notified that the pepper spray has been utilized. And you can know that your child or your grandchild or your wife or whoever the person you love is that is using this, has needed to use that pepper spray. And you will be aware. And you can touch base until they mark that they are safe. Peace of mind. You can't put a price on this is an amazing product. Search Saber Smart pepper spray on Amazon to get it today. Again, S A B R E Saber Smart pepper spray. Because when it comes to your kids, you don't leave safety to chance. Saber Smart pepper spray on Amazon.

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welcome back into Clay and Buck. So, Clay, it's something that we didn't get to yet, but I just wanted to make note of this because the Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, has already weighed in on it publicly. And it is just a reminder of where. I know these are judges, but they're Democrat judges. We understand this a. The appeals court here in D.C. u.S. Court of Appeals to District of. I'm in D.C. by the way, so it feels like I'm nearby. All this madness. They say that the Pentagon illegally banned transgender troops from military service. This is a divided panel on the D.C. circuit Court of Appeals. And so they're saying that the Pentagon policy is. Is unconstitutional. The ban is gonna remain in effect for now. The U.S. supreme Court let it go through last year. There's still litigation. The appeals court put their own ruling on hold to allow for appeal. So. So it's going to the Supreme Court, is the point here, I think, Clay. But the bigger point is you can be. You can be denied military. Like the military service for celiac disease, which I know about because I have celiac disease. I didn't when I joined the CIA, and actually, I don't know if it might have been a problem. The CIA. I found out when I was in my 30s. But you can be denied for celiac disease, literally, gluten intolerance. You can be denied, I think, for peanut allergy, because if you're at some, you know, FOB and there's a somebody you know, opens up. You know, I'm trying to think of, like, a candy bar that has peanuts in it, like a Snickers bar.

[Clay Travis]

And you need.

[Buck Sexton]

You go into anaphylaxis. That's all she wrote. Right? I mean, so. So, like, there's. My point here, though, is you can be a guy who thinks that he should have a vagina instead of a penis and is taking massive amounts of estrogen, exogenous estrogen doses, and that makes you fit and ready for Combat. The Pentagon can't say anything about it. That is insane. I mean, truly insane on every level. And it just shows how embedded in the ideology, Even at the D.C. circuit Court, this is.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah, it's crazy. And I would just say leave aside the trans related issue. I'm glad you brought up all of the health conditions that can lead to you not being able to serve in the military. Can you imagine being in the military and needing the constant medical treatment that you do for gender reassignment surgeries and trying to be involved in any way in a significant health related capacity? I mean, it's just crazy to me. If you, if you can't do it with peanut allergies, then chopping your penis off should, I think, impact your ability to be able to be a soldier.

[Buck Sexton]

And this, this is just science. Taking estrogen shots, for example, it creates emotional instability.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[Buck Sexton]

This is not, it should not be a surprise to anybody if you're injecting estrogen, if you're messing with your hormones in that way. The same way that if people start running large doses of Trenbolone, as a guy, which is a very heavy anabolic steroid or kind of one of the nastier ones, that roid rage is a real thing for some people, for a lot of people, if they take it at certain doses because you are changing your hormones and that affects your, your psychological response to your environment. You're in a military combat situation and you're going to be on, on cross sex hormones. And it's clay. It is manifestly insane. And these, that these judges say it was about essentially bigotry and that's why it was, I'm trying to remember the word. It was like antipathy or hostility. That's what the policy is rooted in and therefore it's invalid under the equal protection clause. I mean, is there antipathy against people with peanut allergies? Like there's real reasons for this.

[Clay Travis]

It's crazy. And by the way, I think this also factors in the Supreme Court, remember, is still going to render a verdict. I believe it was on Idaho and West Virginia and whether states can restrict boys from being able to compete in girl sports. I think the trans push has run into real opposition because a lot of people said, hey, if an adult wants to make a decision, that's one thing. As soon as you're making us tell lies to make them feel better, that's an entirely different world. When we come back, the latest on

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