Hour 1 - Not Tired Of Winning Yet

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
Episode: Hour 1 - Not Tired Of Winning Yet
Release Date: July 3, 2025

Introduction to the Episode

In this episode of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, host Brian Mudd steps in for Clay Travis and Buck Sexton to guide listeners through a comprehensive discussion on the current political climate, focusing primarily on the legislative maneuvers in the House of Representatives and the anticipated signing of significant legislation by President Trump. The episode, aptly titled "Not Tired Of Winning Yet," delves into the strategies employed by both Democratic and Republican leaders, the administration's policy achievements, and notable legal developments affecting public figures.

1. The BBB Act and Hakeem Jeffries' Filibuster

Timestamp: 00:00 – 16:34

The episode opens with an analysis of the ongoing legislative battle surrounding the "BBB Act" (Big Beautiful Bill Act), which has been a focal point of contention in the House. Republican Vice President J.D. Vance highlights Republican frustrations with Democratic tactics, particularly those employed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Key Points:

• Hakeem Jeffries' Tactics: Jeffries employs a prolonged "magic minute" filibuster to delay the passage of the BBB Act, mirroring historical filibuster strategies like those of Senator Ted Cruz (referred to as "Sparty").

  "Hakeem Jeffries... is continuing to use his magic minute to hold up the final vote on President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act." [05:12]

• Impact on Legislation: Jeffries' stalling has created uncertainty around the timing of the bill's passage, with Speaker Mike Johnson anticipating a vote by the late morning hours.

  "He has to stand there and talk until he evidently can't anymore, whatever his end game here is." [08:45]

• Strategic Considerations: The discussion touches on historical precedents and the effectiveness of such tactics in the current political environment.

  "Hakeem Jeffries continues to do his best Spartacus impersonation." [14:34]

2. Economic and Domestic Policy Achievements Under Trump

Timestamp: 16:34 – 30:11

Brian Mudd shifts focus to the administration's domestic accomplishments, emphasizing positive economic indicators and policy implementations that have purportedly improved the quality of life for American families.

Key Points:

• Employment and Inflation: The unemployment rate has dropped, and inflation is at 2.4%, the lowest since shortly after Trump's previous presidency.

  "The unemployment rate dropped yet again. The inflation rate at 2.4% right now, you know, it's the lowest that it's been since Trump was one month removed from previously being President." [19:45]

• Tax Cuts and Economic Growth: Average household income has increased by 4.3%, with significant gains in stock markets, 401k balances, and savings rates.

  "The average American family finally getting ahead again, we're doing about nearly 2% better." [21:10]

• Immigration and Crime Rates: The Lincoln Riley Act has drastically reduced attempted border crossings and illegal immigration. Concurrently, crime rates, including homicides and property crimes, have seen significant declines.

  "Attempted border crossings down 93%. Access into the United States down by 99%." [22:50]

  "Homicides down by 21% so far this year." [26:00]

3. Foreign Policy Successes

Timestamp: 30:11 – 38:27

The conversation transitions to foreign policy achievements, highlighting President Trump's efforts to undermine Iran's nuclear capabilities and strengthen NATO alliances.

Key Points:

• Iran Nuclear Program: Trump's administration has made substantial progress in crippling Iran's nuclear ambitions, with significant reductions in their nuclear program.

  "The Iranian nuclear program has been set back substantially because of the action taken by the United States." [31:40]

• NATO Summit: At the recent NATO summit in the Netherlands, Trump successfully negotiated increased defense spending commitments from member countries, reinforcing the United States' leadership within the alliance.

  "Every one of his goals was achieved during the course of his summit." [27:16]

• Trade Deals: New trade agreements with the UK and Vietnam have been secured, removing previous tariffs and establishing favorable terms for American businesses.

  "Now we pay nothing to do business in Vietnam and they pay us 20% to be in this country." [28:47]

4. Legal Developments: Diddy's Case

Timestamp: 38:27 – 36:48

A segment discusses the legal proceedings involving rapper and businessman Diddy, touching upon his acquittal of serious charges and the potential implications of presidential pardons.

Key Points:

• Court Verdict: Diddy was found not guilty of the most serious charges, resulting in his continued detention pending sentencing.

  "He really skirted the possibility of very serious prison time." [32:01]

• Presidential Pardon Speculation: There is speculation that President Trump may consider pardoning Diddy, given the administration's approach to high-profile legal cases.

  "It would not surprise me if Diddy gets a pardon from the President of the United States." [32:55]

5. Insights from Guest John Decker

Timestamp: 21:20 – 36:20

John Decker, White House correspondent and attorney, joins the discussion to provide expert analysis on the political strategies at play and the broader implications of the current legislative maneuvers.

Key Points:

• Legislative Assurance: Decker emphasizes the inevitability of the BBB Act passing, highlighting Republican lawmakers' commitment to supporting the bill despite internal dissent.

  "Every Republican that values their career... will vote for their legislation." [21:20]

• Presidential Influence: He underscores President Trump's authoritative role in ensuring legislative success, noting Trump's use of public platforms to pressure lawmakers.

  "President Trump... is going to exert his power, his influence to get his way with those other NATO Defense alliance members." [27:16]

• Historical Comparison: Decker compares the efficiency of Trump's second term to his first, noting a significant increase in executive actions and policy implementations in a shorter timeframe.

  "He signed 165 executive orders in just over five and a half months." [24:34]

6. Concluding Remarks and Future Outlook

Timestamp: 36:34 – End

As the episode nears its conclusion, Brian Mudd reflects on the administration's achievements and anticipates the final passage of the BBB Act, setting the stage for ongoing discussions in future episodes.

Key Points:

• Anticipated Legislation Passage: The expectation is high that the BBB Act will be signed into law, marking a significant policy victory for the administration.

  "As we get ready for the big celebration for the upcoming Independence Day where President Trump likely will be signing his BBB to usher in ultimate sanity." [28:47]

• Upcoming Discussions: Mudd hints at a detailed breakdown of the BBB Act's implications for taxpayers and economic benefits in the subsequent hour of the show.

  "I'm going to break down specifically what the work requirements are with the Medicaid and the SNAP provisions in the act formerly known as the BBB." [24:34]

Notable Quotes:

• "Hakeem Jeffries continues to do his best Spartacus impersonation." – Brian Mudd [14:34]
• "President Trump is President of the United States. This is going to be great." – Brian Mudd [16:15]
• "He has to stand there and talk until he evidently can't anymore, whatever his end game here is." – Brian Mudd [08:45]
• "He is someone who is learning the ropes from insiders." – John Decker [25:36]
• "The Iranian nuclear program... has been obliterated." – John Decker [31:40]

Conclusion

This episode of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show provides listeners with an in-depth analysis of the current legislative environment, emphasizing the strategic plays by both parties and the administration's policy successes. With expert insights from John Decker and a focus on the anticipated passage of the BBB Act, the episode underscores a narrative of political resilience and strategic victories under President Trump's leadership.

For those who haven't tuned in, this summary offers a comprehensive overview of the key discussions and insights, ensuring they're well-informed on the episode's critical points and conclusions.

Transcript

[Brian Mudd]

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Yeah, well, that probably didn't go quite as planned. And it's still not really going quite as planned. Fox's Peter Doozy on the state of affairs as I've got to hand it to Hakeem, you know, I, I could stand up there for over seven hours at this point and, you know, throw my arms and, and rant and rave a little bit and I do all that. The real challenge, the real skill in this type of situation comes in with the, the bathroom situation. That is the real challenge. You know, there, there's no way that I'm seven hours, I'm throwing my arms and, and I'm, you know, shouting and doing the ranting and raving without needing a, a pit stop or two, maybe three. And so that is the real scheme, the real skill of Hakeem Jeffries here as he is continuing to use his magic minute to hold up the final vote on President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Or at least it's kind of like the legislative version of Prince, because it's the act that was formerly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. You have good old Chuck Schumer to thank for that maneuver. This is obviously not Clay or Buck. Brian Mudd, it's a pleasure to be here with you. I am broadcasting from my home station, WJNO in West Palm Beach. It is always a pleasure to be here with you. And we have maybe a celebration that'll be on our hands before the end of the show today as we take a look what's going on right now in the House. Yeah, I do wonder the one thing that has, has gotten me with Hakeem Jeffries and his House version of a filibuster, did he take a cue from Sparty? I mean, you know, you take a look, Sparty was able to go 25 hours. If you remember earlier this year in the Senate, Cory Booker and what we learned from him. And speaking of the bathroom situation as well, I'm not sold on the idea that he didn't like, walk into the chamber. You know, some depends handy. But nevertheless, the one thing that we did end up learning from Cory Booker was that he fasted in advance and then only did two glasses of water during the thing. So did Hakeem Jeffries take a cue from Sparty? Is he going to try to extend his magic minute, I don't know, into Independence Day to try to hold it? There was a lot of gamesmanship with this. The first thing to know, like in this deal, around 4:00 clock this morning, we were given the heads up that he's got a speech that's about 45 minutes, maybe an hour. And coming out of that yet House Speaker Mike Johnson, who said, yeah, you know what? By 8:30 this morning, we think we're gonna have a vote. We think we are going to pass the one big beautiful bill act over to President Trump's desk. So we will be on the act formerly known as the BBB Watch all throughout the course of the show as we are monitoring Hakeem Jeffries in his magic minute. By the way, the rule on the magic minute in the House, Hakeem can't leave. It's not like he can say, timeout, I'm going to go take that pit stop. Now. The moment that he's done, he leaves that podium. He is, he's out, it's over. And Mike Johnson can call for the vote. So he does have to stand there in talk until he evidently can't anymore, whatever his end game here is planned. So as we are diving into a Independence Day weekend with what looks like maybe President Trump's entire agenda to celebrate on Independence Day this year, I couldn't help but to think of Liberation Day meeting Independence Day. And so I'll explain, you know, technically, Liberation Day. Liberation day. Remember that April 2nd. That was April 2nd. He was widely misunderstood at the time. Led to a, you know, real short term freak out. A lot of people are not feeling so liberated, feeling a little tight in the Chest a little nervous when I'm taking a look at the stock market. That kind of thing created a historically great buying opportunity in the financial markets. So that, that's what Liberation Day was. The, the whole tariff thing where you had all the economists that are always wrong say, oh my gosh, this guy is falling. And then, you know, people that are smart going, hold on, Donald Trump is President of the United States. This is going to be great. Bye. And so there was that. But anyway, so you had Liberation Day. Now you've got Independence Day tomorrow. And generally understood, right? We get Independence Day also probably underappreciated, certainly in places like, I don't know, New York City. But anyway, you know, in thinking about Independence Day this year, liberation also came to mind because I thought back, I'm like, I kind of remember where I was personally a year ago today. And so what I actually did in advance of today's show is I went back to you a year ago and I'm like, what was I talking about? And in my top stories a year ago, my message was that Independence Day is 125 days away and sanity would be restored in 201 days. Because we were at a point where I was like, literally counting down the days until Election Day and Inauguration Day, when Dementia Joe would finally go. And among the headlines, among the headlines nationally, a year ago today, you had Dementia Joe pledging that he was going to stay in the presidential race after the botched debate. We had a story that he had just given billions more to Ukraine because, I mean, you know, why not, right? I'm sure Zelensky asked nicely. Also, the New York judge and the stormy freaking Daniels hush money case announced that he had delayed the Trump sentencing. That's where we were a year ago today. Those were the big stories. Oh, and an average of nearly 10,000 illegal immigrants still pouring into the country per day. That's fun. So that right now, what we're talking about, one of our biggest concerns is simply the timing of this final vote in what looks like a very likely outcome for President Trump being able to sign his agenda into law on Independence Day. And also, you know, kind of like calculating how much is my, my tax savings going to be? What, what is my tax cut going to look? Which, by the way, coming up in the second hour, I'm going to get into that. If you want to know, what does the BBB mean to you? I'm going to give it to you very specifically because there is so much more money on the line here than I Think even some of the more credible sources that reported this have brought to you. So we're going to break it all down. You're going to know exactly what this means to you and your family when you take a look at how much better of a place we're in. Get more specific here with some of these things. So we had an incredible jobs report this morning that came in well better than expected. Unemployment rate dropped yet again. The inflation rate, the inflation rate at 2.4% right now, you know, it's the lowest that it's been since Trump was one month removed from previously having been President of the United States. Last time we had inflation as low as it is right now, one month after he was last president. And by the time you factor in wage growth. All right, so how much more is the average household bringing in now? The answer is 4.3%. Okay, so most recently, the average American family finally getting ahead again, we're doing about nearly 2% better, you know, so you get done paying your bills at the end of the month, what's left over? You got about 2% more than you had before. That is the best quality of life improvement that we've seen since Trump's previous presidency, since his first administration. You take a look a year ago today, s and P, 513% higher. 401k balances saving rates. They've hit record highs. And as you hit the road for independent state gas prices $0.40 per gallon lower than a year ago. Today you have $190 billion in government waste that's been doged, by the way. I mean, like Doge really has stopped doging since Elon Gonzo, but still ended up saving eleven hundred and eighty dollars per federal taxpayer. Not peanuts on immigration. The Lincoln Riley act now law. Attempted border crossings down 93%. Access into the United States down by 99%. The CBP1 home app that was used by the Biden administration to fly nearly a million illegal immigrants into this country. Yeah, not so much anymore, right? That same app being used to say see ya, to fly illegal immigrants out of this country. On that note, ISIS, daily detentions of 53% over a year ago. Oh, and by the way, surprise, surprise, because as detentions rise, guess what's falling. Oh, look at that. Less crime. A lot less crime. In fact, did you know homicides down by 21% so far this year. Robberies are too. Property crime 16% lower. Violent crime in general down by 11% too. And the biggest impact a lot of times, the biggest cities with the biggest Illegal immigrant population problems like Denver and Aurora. So it's of absolutely no surprise in part because one of the things I've been tracking about a year ago in like what, what are we doing? Like the definition of insanity territory. Who in their right mind would do this to a country? By this time last year, 24% of all drug trafficking done in the United States have been done by illegal immigrants. 24%. You wanted to get rid of just almost a quarter of all drug trafficking, get rid of the illegal immigrants. 25% of all property crimes, illegal immigrants. You want to get rid of a quarter of all property crime in this country. Just get the people who are not legally here in the first place the heck out. 28% of all fraud. Yeah, non citizens. Non citizens. And you know the lie, I remember hearing this even somewhat recently on by one of the idiots on the View, they, well, you know, they, they, they are less likely to commit crime than you. That is such a lie. I mean it might have actually been Drew like three, 30 years ago when you had a Mexican who came over to pick some oranges. No, not in a very long time. The non citizen crime rate by a year ago at this point, how much more likely do you think a non citizen had become to commit a crime than you? Like, well, I don't know, I mean, kind of, kind of a shaky person. You could be a shaky person and the, your average noncitizen was still going to blow you away. They had become nine times more likely to commit a crime than the average legal citizen. Again, not necessarily the biggest surprise when you know, the first action by said individual is to, you know, kind of say, yeah, I'm going to ignore federal law. So yeah, not necessarily surprised that once their first action is to break the law that then suddenly they don't go. But, but now straight and even I just want to abide by all the laws of this country. I really care about it. So yeah, that's how bad it had become. Your average non citizen in this country. 914% more likely to commit crimes than the average legal citizen. And in fact, if you take a look, during the whole four year window of the Biden administration, total crimes committed by non citizens rose by 626%. I mean they're just mind blowing numbers. But then again, you know, we know the impact and the situation with all the open borders and that is just on those two pieces. I'll pick up there next. Brian Mudd in for Clay and Buck 24, a new podcast from Clay and Buck covering all things election. Episodes drop Sundays at noon Eastern. Find it on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast.

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[Brian Mudd]

Yeah, so you have Hakeem Jeffries, who is the star of the show, but the award for the best supporting actress most certainly goes to aoc, which by the way, I mean, does she sound like she could be 13 and like starring in a Disney flick? Yeah, that is, that's special the deal with it. So, yeah, we are on BBB watch or the act formerly known as the BBB as Hakeem Jeffries is doing his version of a filibuster in the house with his magic minute. That is now about seven and a half hours into it. No idea where the end in this thing is. Brian Mudd in for Clayne Buck and talking about Liberation Day meeting Independence Day. Now, thinking about where we were a year ago today, where things were nuts and just how much incredible progress we've made already in just the first five plus months of Trump being back, insanity being restored in this country. You know, one of the things I was working into is foreign policy. And you start taking a look at foreign policy. We've seen the incredible changes there too. Of course. You know one of the. You wonder, you always heard about like the Iran nuclear program, you know that, man, you know what? For as long as I can remember, we've heard about the Iran nuclear program. You know how long it's been? 41 years. 41 years of development towards nuclear weapon. What Trump do crippled it by dropping 14 mops, bringing about relative peace in the Middle East. Obviously that he's still a brokered holding for well over a week now, real time working on brokering that ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. You take a look at trade. I mean, that situation has been incredible. China, England. The English trade deal went into effect this week, by the way, in Vietnam. Yeah, the Vietnam trade deal in particular. So we had been getting charged tariffs by Vietnam and they were paying nothing to come into this country. Now we pay nothing to do business in Vietnam and they pay us 20% to be in this country. Why? Because of Donald Trump. It's an incredible win. And just because Trump stepped in. That is what we see on issue after issue as sanity has been restored as we get ready for the big celebration for the upcoming Independence Day where President Trump likely will be signing is BBB to usher in ultimate sanity. Be right back. Brian Mudd in for claying bug. People will suffer, people will die. And it will be at the hands of Republicans who vote yes. That's right. In fact, that's actually. That was some of the planning that went into the act formerly known as the bbb. You had some Republicans that got around and said, you know what we haven't done in a while? We haven't created any legislation that started killing people. And yeah, you Know what, you're right. So, you know, I think we should, should get back to our roots. We are Republicans after all, so we should craft legislation that kills people. And then, you know, for example, in the event that the warm and fluffy migrants that are sent to Alligator Alcatraz and the event that they don't, you know, manage to escape, we have, you know, people to feed to the, to the alligator suits. It just, the rhetoric is just so over the top in so many different respects. And I tell you what, just say no to slugs. The whole Medicaid thing, and this is, is such a joke and I'm going to break down specifically what the work requirements are with the Medicaid and the SNAP provisions in the act formerly known as the BBB in just a few. We'll get to that. I mean it basically, if you get off your couch for 20 hours in a week, you're good, you're good. That's pretty much the way it works. So that's what, and apparently that's killing somebody to actually do that. So prime mud in for Clay and Buck. And as we are on BBB watch as Hakeem Jeffries going strong, going strong in the House. Joining us is great television and iHeartRadio's White House correspondent, John Decker. John, this bit unexpected from the House Minority Leader.

[John Decker]

Well, it is unexpected to a certain extent. But Hakeem Jeffries, he is one of those leaders in the Democratic Party and he's acting like a leader for his party right now in terms of delaying what to me, Brian, is the inevitable and it is inevitable that, and we saw this in the procedural vote that took place early this morning. We'll see it on the actual vote that takes place when that occurs on the House floor. Every Republican that values their career in the House of Representatives and their future career in the House of Representatives will vote for their legislation. This legislation and this bill will get to the President's desk for his signature in time before that self imposed deadline, July 4th. That's, that will be a part, I believe, of the President's schedule tomorrow. The President assigning this legislation, his signature domestic achievement of his second term in the White House, getting that all done sooner than when he got that big tax cut bill signed in his first term in the White House.

[Brian Mudd]

And to give you a little background about John, if you're maybe not familiar, John has covered every president starting with Bill Clinton. He also is the only member of the White House press corps that is an attorney having studied once upon a time under one professor Jonathan Turley Decker, now himself a professor at Georgetown, ucla. And, John, as we take a look at, you know, the historical ramifications here, obviously, you know, Trump wanted one bill. There are a lot of conservatives that said, hey, we need to do this in two. The Senate wanted it in two. In the end, you take a look at the President's influence, the will, and how this has come together A to get the Senate on board with one bill and then be the House. I mean, you had House Freedom Caucus members like Chip Roy just two days ago saying that what the Senate had done was a literally a deal killer of an already bad deal. And here we are on the precipice of whenever Hakeem is done doing what he's doing, passing this thing.

[John Decker]

Well, that's right. You know, as for Chip Roy, you know, I think time and time again, he's proven that he's all bark and no bite. You know, he threatens not to vote for the legislation and ultimately caves in, as do other House Republicans that want to make a career of being a member of the House of Representatives. So does it surprise me that, you know, Chip Roy, a member of the Freedom Caucus and other members of the Freedom Caucus are caving in? No, it doesn't. You know, because President Trump has the ultimate power, and that is something that he has threatened to wield. And that is essentially saying, you vote against this legislation, your career as a member of Congress is over. That's a very real threat. He's not afraid, interestingly enough, Brian, of making that threat outwardly. You know, normally those are the kind of threats that you make behind closed doors. He puts it on truth, social. He makes everybody aware of what he's saying to these members that may be on the fence in terms of supporting the big, beautiful bill.

[Brian Mudd]

Yeah. John, one of the other things I was thinking about, you take a look at where we are today in Trump's presidency. So, you know, the first time around, he signed 220 executive orders in four years. He signed, I believe it's 165 already, three more than President Biden and Team Auto Pen did already in just over five and a half months. And you take a look at, you know, his, his Tax Cut and Jobs act, his Trump tax cuts. The first time around, it took until December, the first go round, to be able to get his tax cuts through. Here we are heading into the Independence Day weekend, and it looks like he's not only going to get those tax cuts made permanent, he's going to get the additional tax cuts he promised the new tax on tips over time, also some big breaks for seniors that for most seniors going to work basically like not having tax on Social Security income. You start putting all this together and it just shows how well oiled and organized his, his policy approach is and how effective he is.

[John Decker]

Well, I don't disagree with you. You know, this is a president who in his first term, he clearly was someone who is learning the ropes from insiders. He had never been a politician before, at any level before becoming president. And so he did rely on others in terms of showing him how to move legislation forward. This time around, he doesn't need that help. And this time around, he understands all believers of the power of the presidency. He realizes how powerful this office is made even more so powerful by that recent Supreme Court decision handed down last week. And so look, I think that this is a president that understands all the ways that he can move his agenda forward. And we're seeing it applied in real time. I think it's pretty remarkable. You know, there will be, this will be a part of history, you know, in terms of the way that the president has managed to move his agenda forward in such a record amount of time.

[Brian Mudd]

John, you were with the president last week at the NATO summit and pretty remarkable situation. He tried to get it done his, his first term. It was starting to come together. It is, you know, ultimately coming together now where the NATO members this side of Spain contributing 5% of their GDP to, you know, to, to defense spending and, and pretty much getting, not just what we've seen here at home, which is his own party, in order to get his agenda done, but also around the world how he's managing to get that agenda done, especially with trade now, too.

[John Decker]

Well, that's exactly right, Brian. You know, that's the thing about President Trump. He understands the levers of power in terms of moving his domestic agenda forward and he understands the levers of power in terms of moving his foreign policy agenda forward. And this is part of his foreign policy agenda when he left that NATO summit last week in the Netherlands. And as you point out, I covered that summit. I was in the Hague for the summit. I was at the press conference. He called on me at the press conference when he left, he was exuberant because every one of his goals was achieved during the course of his summit. And I think he made it clear to every one of the 31 other members of the NATO defense alliance there is one leader, and that leader is the United States of America. And the President is the leader of the United States of America. And he's going to exert his power, his influence to get his way with those other NATO Defense alliance members. We saw that play itself out last week. So, you know, for all of those who are saying it's been a remarkable two weeks for the President, I couldn't agree more. It has been a remarkable two weeks for the president, including, of course, that those attacks on those three nuclear sites in Iran. So to me, you know, this is someone who has a winning streak going and obviously would like to keep that winning streak going beyond ultimately signing this big, beautiful bill within the next few days.

[Brian Mudd]

Yeah, he's definitely not tired of winning yet. A lot of people are not tired of winning within the administration. And also China announcing that, yeah, you know, the terms of the trade deal are on. The English trade deal, the UK Trade deal actually took effect this week, just announced the Vietnam trade deal where they were charging us to do business there. Now they're not. We weren't charging them anything. Now we are. I mean, it just goes on and on, and it gives you a roadmap for where a lot of those trade deals are probably going to land, too. And then you talk about, like, the mops and that whole situation, the Defense Department yesterday talking again about, yeah, I mean, at a minimum, the nuclear program set back up a couple of years. And that, to me, was always one of the things anyway. And, you know, you spend. It's an occupational hazard. You spend a lot of time around colleagues in the press corps that were endlessly, you know, trying to, you know, say that, you know, somehow or another, the. The leaked information or, you know, whoever wanted to say that the nuclear program wasn't really damaged more than it was. I mean, there just is no sense in this. Right. I mean, ultimately, if Trump was propagandizing, you just walk with it and you think, okay, well, he is, you know, just saying that they got it and they really didn't. So what, you know, you have Iran that comes back in, in six months and says, surprise, we've got nukes. I mean, there just is no way to effectively propagandize that situation. It either happened, it was either destroyed or it wasn't.

[John Decker]

I agree. You know, I think that, you know, even those who want to get that readout from the administration, Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee in either the House or the Senate have to acknowledge that the Iranian nuclear program, its nuclear ambitions have been set back substantially because of the action taken by the United States. And, you know, you mentioned, you know, all of the things related to While why? The President can't just propagandize this issue. He can't propagandize this issue. I mean, we're talking about also Israel's safety, its security. Israel is not going to propagandize this because their very security, their existential existence depends upon Iran's nuclear program being curtailed back to, you know, zero essentially. And you know, when we hear from Israeli intelligence, they're satisfied with the actions taken by the United States. I think that says a lot. You know, if they weren't, maybe they would be saying, you need another go around, you know, in terms of taking it out altogether. They're not saying that, Brian. They're saying it has been, in the President's word, he uses, obliterated. It has been obliterated. It has been decimated. I think that those two words certainly apply to Iran's nuclear program right now.

[Brian Mudd]

Brian Mudwood, John Decker, one more for you, John. So mentioned that John is the only member of the press corps that's also an attorney. So putting your legal hat on for the whole Diddy situation. So we get the verdict and not guilty of the most serious charges. Judge is holding him in jail until sentencing. What do you make of this deal?

[John Decker]

I don't know. You know, I mean, as you know, it's a substantial bond that he needs to post. I believe it's $50 million. And that's the reason why he has remained behind bars for all of this period of time. I don't know, maybe that it gives you a window about what kind of sentence he intends to hand down against Diddy. But on the face of it, as you know, he really skirted the possibility of very serious prison time. Remember, this is a federal case because of the fact that he was acquitted on the most serious charges for the two counts that he was found guilty of. They have maximum, maximum penalties of 10 years in prison. He will not get 10 years in prison. You know, he's a non violent offender, someone who's not a repeat offender. I can't tell you what the judge is ultimately going to sentence Diddy to in terms of a jail sentence, a prison sentence, but it won't be anywhere near that ten year maximum sentence. And certainly his lawyers are going to ask for no jail sentence, time served for all of the amount of time that he served in prison. And we'll see ultimately whether that federal judge agrees with that. And let's not forget the President has the power of the pardon. And it would not surprise me. Nothing surprises me these days, Brian. It would not surprise me if Diddy gets a pardon from the President of the United States. So we'll have to wait, wait and see. You know, I mean, he's got a lot of big things on his plate right now, but that would not surprise me in the least, really.

[Brian Mudd]

I mean, that one was, was not on my bingo card. So that is, that, that is interesting. So Decker pointing, pointing to the outfield right now and we'll see what happens there. That would be, that would be an interesting development, John. Really appreciate it. Thank you so much for the time the insight.

[John Decker]

Thanks, Brian. Talk to you soon. Bye bye.

[Brian Mudd]

All right. And again, Gray Television and iheartradio White House correspondent John Decker. I'm Brian Mudd in for Clay and Buck 24, a weekly podcast from Clay and Buck covering all things election. Episodes drop Sundays at noon Eastern. Find it on the free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts this.

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[Brian Mudd]

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[John Decker]

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[John Decker]

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[Brian Mudd]

Yeah. As Hakeem Jeffries continues to do his best Spartacus impersonation. You know, Cory Booker is Spartacus after way after all. And Hakeem Jeffries indicated that must be a speech like 45 minutes, maybe an hour. It's what he told Speaker Mike Johnson early this morning before he went on just before 5 o'. Clock. He's still going. So that was the gamesmanship associated with all this, as he is using his magic minute to hold up the final vote for the act formerly known as the big potentially esthetically pleasing act. You know, like maybe it's got a couple warts on it, but nothing that, you know, a little concealer won't take care of, you know, just. Little concealer or you just look at it at the right angle and you go, yeah, you know, oh, yeah, it turned out beautiful. Beautiful and kind of like the two Face and Seinfeld, that kind of thing. So anyway, yeah, Hakeem Jeffries continues to do that, meanwhile, billionaires. Yeah, because you and I both know a lot of billionaires that work for tips. Right. I mean, it's like you see them serving you at restaurants and they work a lot of overtime that they get paid for too. Right. That's definitely. They're really looking to cash in on that child tax credit too. No doubt. So, yeah, I think Hakeem Jeffries has a really good point just about the billionaires. Oh, by the way, if you want lower taxes, the BBB is a beautiful thing. I'm going to break down, coming up in the second hour, exactly what the BBB means to you because it means a lot of money to you. Brian Mudd in for Clay and Buddha.

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