Hour 1 - Thank You, Linda

Summary

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Episode: Hour 1 - Thank You, Linda
Date: March 25, 2026
Host: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton dive deep into the ongoing Iran conflict, recent achievements of the Trump administration’s military campaign, and the political fallout around airport chaos in the U.S. The hosts blend humor, direct audience engagement, and pointed commentary, dissecting how evolving news stories are being spun by politicians and the media alike. Listener contributions, particularly from “Linda from Arizona,” are highlighted as the show explores issues from geopolitical strategy to TSA line fiascos, laying blame and credit with characteristic clarity and candor.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Trump’s Iran Campaign: Success and Political Fallout

• Military Campaign Analysis:
  Buck and Clay argue that Trump’s military operations against Iran have been astoundingly efficient with minimal U.S. casualties and material losses, much less than Desert Storm or even the Panama invasion.

  • Clay: “I don't believe that Iran has any ability to make any demands whatsoever.” [08:38]
  • Buck points: The press underplays the success, focusing on the “bad news bias” instead.

• Media Reframing:
  Both hosts are surprised to find rare positive analysis in The New York Times about the Iran campaign’s results. Clay gives credit to Bret Stephens's editorial for offering historical context on oil prices and U.S. casualties.

  • Clay: “I can’t believe I'm giving credit to the New York Times, but… sometimes I read some and I say, ‘Oh, I wasn’t really expecting this.’” [08:38]

• Democratic Response – Schumer Under Fire:
  Joe Scarborough’s attempt to pressure Chuck Schumer to admit the degradation of Iran’s military is a good thing is highlighted for its awkwardness and emblematic of Democratic reluctance to credit Trump’s strategy.

  • Joe Scarborough: “Is it a good thing that Iran… their military infrastructure is being degraded the degree that it is? Yes or no?” [11:50]
  • Buck: “What a weaselly little position… Schumer will not say yes. That’s Democrats in a nutshell.” [12:49]

• Trump’s Theories and Strategy:
  Discussion over Trump’s carrot-and-stick approach—offering negotiation while threatening further military action if Iran does not comply. Speculation arises about imminent action on Kharg Island and controlling oil and gas flows.

  • Clay: “He’s just letting it known, hey, I’ve got two fists. One has a carrot, one has a stick. Your choice which one I decide to deploy.” [31:47]

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2. Domestic Turmoil: TSA Meltdowns and ICE’s Unexpected Role

• Airport Gridlock Dominates Headlines:
  The hosts note widespread chaos at major U.S. airports (Houston, Atlanta, NYC/JFK, New Orleans), illustrated by viral videos—even showing Bill Barr waiting in line.

• ICE Steps In – “Thank You, Linda!”:
  Listeners like Linda from Arizona are recognized for suggesting ICE assist at airports, a move now being celebrated by Trump and the hosts. Trump posts praise for ICE’s role, describing them as “rehabbing a fake image given to them by the radical left.”

  • Buck: “Thank you, Linda from Arizona, who even got… a shout out of sorts on the Jimmy Kimmel program…” [03:17]
  • Clay: “President Trump just tweeted… [ICE agents] are helping people with bags, even picking up and cleaning areas…rehabbing a fake image…” [41:50]
  • Phoenix airport passenger: “I like it. I mean, I think Trump’s doing a hell of a job.” [44:40]

• Political Implications:
  The hosts underline that Democrats are being blamed for TSA backlogs, as ICE and potentially even the National Guard become involved. Schumer’s leadership is portrayed as increasingly shaky.

• Democrats Called Out for Hypocrisy:

  • Buck: “They deploy the National Guard to the airports over Covid…all the libs are like, ‘We need more National Guard to fight the virus.’… What are we even doing?” [46:18]
  • Clay: “It’s going to be very difficult for Democrats… to be upset at [the National Guard] being called out to handle… the issues at airports.” [46:28]

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3. Caller Engagement and Media Training

• Empowering Listeners:
  Both hosts provide tongue-in-cheek but earnest guidance to callers about being prepared and assertive, using Linda as an example.
  • Clay: “If you begin your argument by saying, ‘Oh, are you talking? Am I on?’ …Just prepare.” [04:35]
  • Buck: “As soon as it is your turn to talk, it is go. It is… start your engines.” [05:56]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Caller Participation:
  “It’s just you, me, Clay, and a few million of our closest friends. It really is true. There are people from Alaska to Miami...who are listening to this program.”
  — Buck Sexton [03:17]

• On Brett Stephens' NYT Editorial:
  “The war is going better than you think.”
  — Clay Travis quoting NYT [08:38]

• On Schumer's Hesitation:
  “You can’t, because it’s a premature question…Is it worth it? …In the long run, we’re all dead.”
  — Buck Sexton mocking Schumer [12:03]

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Important Timestamps

• Opening and Linda shout-out: [03:17]
• Caller/media training tips: [04:35 – 05:56]
• Discussion of Iran negotiations & NYT editorial: [07:00 – 10:55]
• MSNBC/Schumer-SchScarborough exchange: [11:03 – 13:14]
• Comparing Iran campaign to Desert Storm & Panama: [13:14 – 16:33]
• Analysis of Trump’s negotiations & tactics: [25:42 – 31:48]
• ICE helping at airports, Trump’s social media statement: [41:50]
• Airport passenger testimonials on ICE: [44:40]
• Democrat political fallout: [45:34 – 46:28]

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Tone, Language, & Style

• Direct, conversational, and peppered with humor
• Critical of mainstream media and Democratic politicians
• Supportive of Trump, applauding military and operational success
• Audience-inclusive, emphasizing participatory radio culture

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Summary for Non-Listeners

Hour 1 of the March 25, 2026 edition of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show centers on the evolving situation in Iran—framed as a U.S. geopolitical and military success under Trump—and the mounting frustrations of Americans facing massive TSA delays. The hosts dissect the ways politicians and the press are spinning events, with Clay and Buck heaping praise on both the administration’s tough approach and the everyday Americans (like “Linda”) whose input is shaping headlines.

Trump’s handling of Iran is repeatedly compared favorably to past U.S. campaigns, with historical data deployed to refute criticisms. Simultaneously, the show skewers Democrats, especially Chuck Schumer, both for their reluctance to acknowledge military victory and for enabling (in their view) the current airport chaos now being paved over by ICE and possibly the National Guard. Regular listeners are encouraged to be assertive and ready if they call in, as caller contributions play a defining role in the show’s unique blend of news, analysis, and participatory media.

The episode is a mix of policy breakdown, political theater, and calls to action for both listeners and policymakers, delivered with the show’s trademark irreverence and partisan edge.

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[Buck Sexton]

Welcome in everybody, to the Wednesday edition of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Has Trump already won the Iran war? The negotiations between the Mueller regime and the Trumpster are going fast and furious already. What is the outcome going to be here? We will discuss that with all of you. A lot changing there in real time. Speaking of changing in real time, the situation at the airport looks like ice riding to the rescue of tsa and a brilliant move. Thank you, Linda from Arizona, who even got, as we mentioned, a shout out of sorts on the Jimmy Kimmel program to let you know just how much Linda from Arizona tell you guys when you call us. And we always say to you, it's just you, me, Clay, and a few million of our closest friends. It really is true. There are people from Alaska to Miami, from Maine down to Arizona or Southern California who are listening to this program. So that's not to psych anybody out, it's to psych you up. You really do have a voice that so many of your fellow Americans can hear.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah. And I would just also point out, and I've been talking about this for 20 years on radio, be ready to talk. The number of callers that start with us. I give credit to Linda. She had a great idea, but she also was ready to go. If it's someone whose name is different than yours, if it's someone whose state is different than yours, start talking. No one knows who you are. Your argument is going to carry the day. If you begin your argument by saying, oh, are you talking? Am I on? Is it like just prepare. Every time we say, hey, we're going to go to a caller, start talking. The worst case scenario is you're talking into a phone that nobody else is hearing. Best case scenario, you're talking to millions of people and you've hit the ground running and you're already making your point and you have already prepared for it. Buck, I've told you this. I'M not just speaking as a radio host. When I was a kid, I called into local sports talk radio in Nashville. I know what it's like to be sitting there on the phone, nervous, anticipating, excited, wanting to do a good job. I was 12 years old. I was 10 years old. I was calling in to give sports takes in Nashville back in the day. Somewhere there may be tapes of those. I was ready to go. I didn't care if you got my name right. I didn't care if you got my city right. I'm gonna roll and tell you exactly what I think.

[Buck Sexton]

That's funny. I've done media training for friends, including some who now work professionally in the industry but had never done it before. And one of the first things I said to them all the time was as soon as it is your turn to talk, it is go. It is, gentlemen, start your engines. It is accelerator. It is not. Well, you know, very important. People make decisions about the value of your contribution immediately. And they've basically come to a conclusion within the first 10 seconds as to whether you sound like, you know, what the heck is going on. That's a side note. Media training for the day that we weren't planning for our esteemed callers, but there you go. But I bring all that up about ICE because we are scheduled to have Tom Homan on in the third hour of the program. So you got to stick with us here. We're going to cover a lot of news. We're going to get to Tom Holman. And we also, we have Senator, we have Senator Cassidy joining us too. Is, am I right in that one?

[Clay Travis]

Yes, yes. Joining us as well. And maybe surprise guests, maybe some invites out.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, something pretty interesting going on. We're spicing it up with the guests these days. And let's just say we are willing to reach across the aisle. Plenty, plenty of reaching across the aisle. So with that all said, will dive into the situation of ICE at the airports with Tom Homan. Also immigration enforcement operations. One of the most important, I would perhaps argue after keeping the economy booming, the most important promise of the Trump administration. Tom is the guy, he is the man, he is the one who we want to ask all these questions to. So we will have him for you. But Clay, let's start with Trump commander in chief and his Department of War here. Looking at all of the latest. I mean, if you go with the, with what the Wall Street Journal saying here, Iran playing hardball, mediators push for talks with the U.S. the Iranians have received a 15 point plan from us to end the war, which is basically lays out all the Trump administration demands. Tehran is saying they reject the proposal and have put out their own conditions for a deal, including reparations and recognition of Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz. You got Arab states are alarmed by Trump's eagerness to do a deal. According to the Wall Street Journal here, leaders of Saudi Arabia, UAE lobbying Trump to stick with the war until Iran is sufficiently weakened. Clay this has, we have military supremacy, but this is now turning into a contest of wills influenced by political pressures here and abroad.

[Clay Travis]

I don't believe that Iran has any ability to make any demands whatsoever. And I actually, I can't believe this, Buck. But I'm going to give credit to the New York Times this morning because I was reading the New York Times editorial page and they actually have an editorial saying things are going really good in Iran and many people just don't really understand or are unwilling to discuss how things are going. This is by Brett Stevens. The headline, Buck is the war is going better than you think. New York Times editorial today. And this is a great open and I think it's important. I can't believe I'm giving credit to the New York Times, but I read them every day. And so sometime I read some and I say, oh, I wasn't really expecting this opening paragraph of the editorial page of New York Times today from this article, Most Americans probably don't look back at March of 2012 if they remember it at all and think of terrifyingly high gas prices in the month when the Hunger Games ruled the box office and President Barack Obama was on his way to a comfortable reelection. This is interesting, Buck. The price of Brent crude close the month around $123 a barrel. That would be about $175 a barrel in today's dollars. Right now, the price of oil and gas a barrel, $88. And that is basically roughly $95 in adjusted inflation. You know, numbers. So perspective on the price of oil and gas. It is cheaper today than it has been for much of the 21st century when adjusted for inflation. And the reason why I bring it up, and I thought it was a good editorial, is the only thing you can say negative about this action in Iran so far is the oil prices because the actual casualties he runs through. Bret Stephens does a really good job talking about all the military actions and the loss of material and the loss of men is virtually nonexistent.

[Buck Sexton]

Then you also have this shocker from over on Ms. Now the newly rebranded msnbc.

[Clay Travis]

Yes.

[Buck Sexton]

Where Clay, my boy, as you call

[Clay Travis]

him, I saw this morning Joe Scarborough about you. Yes, this.

[Buck Sexton]

This is pretty wild, everybody. Joe Scarborough, in a. In a random moment of sanity, deciding to really rake Chuck Schumer over the coals for a minute on this one. Mika tried to come in. She was like, no, stop. I love Schumer. Stop it. Stop it. And Joe's like, I can't, honey, I'm sorry. I've got to be tough here. But Joe saying, look, isn't it a good thing that the worst terrorist regime on the planet has had its entire military apparatus destroyed with incredibly low level of loss from the United States? Side play, cut one. Listen to this exchange.

[Joe Scarborough]

Now, hold a second. You gotta answer my question first.

[Clay Travis]

Yeah.

[Joe Scarborough]

Is it a good thing that Iran,

[Buck Sexton]

and I think you would agree with

[Joe Scarborough]

me, epicenter of terrorism in the world since 1979. Is it good that their military infrastructure is being degraded the degree that it is? Yes or no?

[Buck Sexton]

You can't, because it's a premature question. What is going to happen in the next several months?

[Joe Scarborough]

No, no, I can ask that question.

[Buck Sexton]

I've said, right?

[Joe Scarborough]

No, no, no, I can't. So you have a military, but I can show you my chart, but I think I threw it away. You have the military side, you have the political side. I'm simply asking, on the military side, is it good, regardless of whether we agree with going in or not, is it good that Iran's military infrastructure has been serious?

[Buck Sexton]

I have to tell you, Joe, first, you can't. What's going to happen three months from now? Is it worth it? What's going to happen? Will the world economy collapse? Will something happen even worse? Will the whole energy infrastructure of the world go up in smoke? Clay, can we just.

[Joe Scarborough]

What?

[Buck Sexton]

What a weaselly little position. Schumer says, well, what do we know in three months? What happens in 10 years? In the long run, we're all dead. You're like, hold on a second. This is a very straightforward question. Are you, Chuck Schumer, happy that Iran is getting its military's ass kicked thoroughly? And Chuck Schumer will not say yes. That's Democrats in a nutshell.

[Clay Travis]

Basically, Buck. They do not have a military anymore. And so the question is, Chuck Schumer, who claims to be a friend of Israel, is it better or worse that Iran has no ability whatsoever to have a navy, an air force, or effectively any ballistic missiles that they can launch anywhere and increasingly, fewer and fewer drones? And Chuck Schumer doesn't have an answer. And your boy Joe Scarborough has signed a contract extension through 2029. So you got several more years to be able to, to listen to that melodic tone of Joe Scarborough. And I do think we haven't talked about this a great deal, but Iran managed to fire a couple of missiles that traveled nearly to Europe and it was about twice as far as the range that they claimed they had the ability to reach. There's also again, New York Times, couple of different stories. There's a big article that Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, MBS has been encouraging more strikes from President Trump on Iran. And so I just, I look at all of this and as we are coming up on three weeks or whatever it's been, Buck, I don't think this operation could have gone much better. Now again, I wish 13 people hadn't lost their lives. But this same article that I talked about in the New York Times, and I'm giving them credit, it, it takes us back. Do you remember when we had the 1991 Operation Desert Storm, which is considered, as he says, one of the most brilliant military successes of the United States? The US lost 75 aircraft, 42 of them in combat. For those of you who remember back in 1991, Operation Desert Storm, so far we have lost four man to aircraft, three to friendly fire, one in an accident. Not a single one of our planes has been knocked down by Iran, considered to be the greatest military operation. For those of you who remember it, in most of our lives, Operation Desert Storm was infinitely, infinitely more destructive to our material and our casualties. And here's another one, Buck. Most people won't even talk about the invasion of Panama. The United States lost 23 soldiers, 325 more wounded in the invasion of Panama back in 1989, 1990. Most people don't even remember that it was a higher casualty event so far than what we have done to Iran. I think it's important to contextualize all of these things and understand that the attacks on the success of this operation are entirely political and in no way justified by what the actual on the ground result has been so far. And I think, Buck, that's why when Chuck Schumer was asked about it, he had to immediately go into, well, we don't know what the long range impact, of course not. We don't know what the long range impact of anything is. We don't know what the long range impact of Trump's election in 2024 was. We don't know what the long range impact of Obama's eight years. Suppose it takes 100 years to find out exactly what the long range impact is. But we try to judge things currently based on the data we have and all of that is extremely positive.

[Buck Sexton]

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[Clay Travis]

Welcome back in Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show. We are rolling through the Wednesday edition of of the program and there continues to be just tons of issues with backups at tsa. In particular, it seems to me to be Houston, Atlanta, JFK in the New York City area and New Orleans is where I would say the most chaos appears to be going on. But I bet this Houston passenger bucket would not surprise me if she's listening to the program on a somewhat regular basis. She was interviewed and asked as she stood in line. By the way, did you see the video of Bill Barr in Houston, former attorney general standing in a three hour line to get through TSA that went viral this morning. The former attorney General of the United States just standing there with his bag for three hours. This woman Houston airport passenger asked what she thinks about the TSA weight. This is what she had to say.

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[Clay Travis]

What has it been like?

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Terrible. What do you want Congress to know who have the ability to shut this down and reopen and have TSA agents come back to work? I think Chuck Schumer should be ashamed

[Clay Travis]

of himself if you couldn't hear it that well. It sounds like she's being interviewed on a tarmac, but it's actually inside. I think Chuck Schumer should be ashamed of himself, she said. As they are, as they are standing outside there. And I just, I feel fortunate. I want to say I mentioned this yesterday. Transportation, TSA at Nashville, phenomenal, zero issues. I flew back from Jacksonville. Phenomenal, zero issues. I know so many of these TSA agents are showing up. It's not every airport. But Buck, you were talking about this. You got family. Like do you even want to try in New York? Do you even want to try to fly out of a New York airport at this time or Houston or Atlanta or New Orleans? I would if you don't have to Travel. I think a lot of people are just saying this is not worth it.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah. If you're going to do a family visit, like my family, that you can postpone for a couple of weeks, for example, or maybe more if necessary. That's probably a good move if you're going somewhere for the weekend and you don't want to wait in line for three hours into. Because remember, it's not just the wait. It's not like you're waiting in the Centurion Lounge or something, you know, having some miso soup and having people give you a back rub or whatever they got going on in there. Nope. It's. It's some rough stuff. So that's, that's bad.

[Clay Travis]

Absolutely miserable. Look, it's also, Buck said rough stuff. I mean, every single day, headlines, more missiles being fired by Iran into Israel. And so many people all over Israel, of all different faiths, frankly, are forced to run to bomb shelters and hide out there as indiscriminate firing rains down on Israel. Iran isn't targeting attacks. They're just firing in every direction that they can and hoping to kill innocent people. And if you're out there right now and you can help, they need your help in Israel to build more bomb shelters, to help to protect hospitals, to help to protect the innocent and the elderly. I've seen the work that the IFCJ does, the International Fellowship of Christians and [e-mail] that's ifcj.org 888-488ifcj. Join us and make a donation today.

[Buck Sexton]

Welcome back in here to Clay and Buck. Thanks all for being with us as always. Trump saying some things here on what is going on with Iran, the status of the negotiations, the status of this conflict as it stands right now. And let's jump into it, first of all, Trump is claiming this is cut three. He says straight up, the war is won. Now it's just a question of how long we push, what we get, what the negotiations are, how much more pain the Iranians want to suffer for their military. And look for the Iranian people, too. This is cut three. Play it.

[Joe Scarborough]

I think we're going to end it. I can't tell you for sure. You know, I don't like to say this. We've won this with this war has been won. The only one that likes to keep it going is the fake news. I mean, the New York Times, you read the New York Times. It's like we're not winning a war where they have no navy and they have no air Force. And they have no, nothing. And we literally have planes flying over Tehran and other parts of their country. They can't do a thing about it.

[Buck Sexton]

He also said this was interesting, Clay, that he received this cut to a big present from the Iranians.

[Joe Scarborough]

Better make a deal. They did something yesterday that was amazing, actually. They gave us a present and the president arrived today. It was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money. And I'm not going to tell you what that president is. So that meant one thing to me, would deal with the right people.

[Clay Travis]

Nuclear related.

[Joe Scarborough]

No, I wasn't nuclear related. It was oil and gas related.

[Buck Sexton]

Clay. We're getting snippets here and there.

[Clay Travis]

I'm guessing they have told him that they're going to allow the transit of ships through the Strait of Hormuz because again, the price of oil and gas has come back quite a bit. It's $88 right now a barrel, as I was reading earlier, that is lower than the average cost of a barrel of oil and gas has been on aver for the 21st century when you adjust for inflation. And it's lower straight up than it was a few years ago under Joe Biden. And so I just think that I gave him a credit. You know, he made fun of the New York Times a little bit there in his statement. But I give credit to the New York Times in this editorial because they run through and point out that honestly, this military action could not be going much better. And anytime I say something like that, obviously I wish every military action could be completed without any loss of life at all. But if you compare, as I just did, past military actions, for instance, in Panama and in Desert Storm, both of these actions are far more efficient and contain far less loss of life than this so far. And I just think, I mean, when you look at the overall way that this is going, the media has tended, go figure, to cover this in a negative way. And look, I mean, we have said this. Venezuela went so well. I saw. Buck, did you see the story this morning? It's barely getting any attention. It should get a lot. Venezuela just increased oil production by the most that it has in seven years in the past month. Let me repeat that. The most oil and gas that Venezuela has produced since 2019 just happened. I saw the again, media coverage. The rate of violent crime in Venezuela has collapsed. And, you know, things are going well in Venezuela because there's very limited coverage of how things are going in Venezuela. We have a bad news bias. And that bad news bias means that a lot of people are not fairly looking at the way things are currently, currently shaking out. So I don't think things in Iran could be going much better. Now. Here's my thought bucket. I'm curious how you would analyze this part of the Iranian negotiations. Now Iran has come out. They said that this through, through reporting. They are nervous about Trump because twice he has bamboozled them where they thought they were negotiating and instead he popped him. He did it in June of last year when, remember, he said, hey, I'm going to give him a deadline. And then he hit before the deadline was up and caught him by surprise and seems to have had a great deal of success on that June attack. And then also we took out the ayatollah while they thought on a Saturday that Israel and the United States were not going to take any actions at all. And so I feel like Trump is trying to trick him again, a little bit of subterfuge. I think it's likely that he is setting the table to potentially take over Carge island this weekend. And the reason why he said they have five days to to get a peace deal done is one, it calms the markets because the markets are primarily traded and open Monday to Friday. But it wouldn't stun me at all if they don't play ball. If he decides, hey, I'm going to go in. So he simultaneously got the carrot and the stick, and if things go well in negotiations, okay, we're going to take the carrot hand. If things don't go well, boom, we're going to hit him hard again. And that could include taking over Carge Island. And much like we did with Venezuela, trying to be in control completely of the oil and gas aspects of Iran. Like we basically are in Venezuela. You buy into that analogy. It's people are like, oh, Trump is sending inconsistent messages. No, he's just letting it know, hey, I've got two fists. One has a carrot, one has a stick. Your choice which one I decide to deploy.

[Buck Sexton]

Maybe Trump hits you with the carrot and stick at the same time, too. You know, you never know.

[Clay Travis]

Trump could very well happen.

[Buck Sexton]

Trump, he is a different cat. He's a different character out there. That is one thing I think everybody knows at this point, by the way, on how this air campaign is going. Secretary of War Hegseth, this is cut four. He said the following. Play it.

The air campaign that we've conducted, that Israel's conducted alongside us, was one for the history books, truly. That's because we have a president of the United States that when he sends his war fighters out to fight. He unties their hands to actually go out and close with and destroy the enemy as they viciously as possible from moment one. And that's why we see ourselves as part of this negotiation as well. We negotiate with bombs. You have a choice. As we loiter over the top of Tehran, as the president talked about, about your future, President has made it clear that you will not have a nuclear weapon. The War Department agrees our job is to ensure that. And so we're keeping our, our hand on that throttle as long as as hard as is necessary to ensure the interest of the United States of America are achieved on.

Reminds me a little bit clay of our friend Stephen Miller's favorite movie, Bloodsport, which is a classic of the martial arts genre. Jean Claude Van Damme as Frank Dukes in the Kumite, which is the martial arts combat. It was all filmed, actually, this part of Hong Kong that is now gone. They got rid of it. I think it's called like the Hidden City or something within Hong Kong. It's kind of like a slum, but really cool movie. But when he fights the main bad guy, played by Bolo Yang, another excellent martial artist from that genre, it's not enough for Van Damme to just kick the bad guy's ass. He wants him to say mate, which is like crying uncle, essentially. And I think that's what they're dealing with here with Trump a little bit. It's, look, you guys can't fight us. We want this to stop. Here are the points. You want it to stop, but we can kind of keep the pressure on the elbow if you're not gonna, if you're not gonna go forward with this. So it's your call. And they're just gonna keep on, keep on going until we get to an acceptable state of play here. And for a lot of people, they look at what Iran has done to the whole world, really, but what Iran has, has represented as a country since 1979. And I feel like it's about time. And I think that's why 90 something percent of MAGA is with Trump on this. 90% of Republicans are with Trump on this. Democrats as we know. We can't even get Schumer to admit it's good that the IRGC doesn't have their toys to play with anymore. It's crazy.

[Clay Travis]

Buck, last year. And maybe we can pull this audio, Schumer was taunting Trump for chickening out and not being tough enough on Iran. Do you remember that?

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah.

[Clay Travis]

Let's Producer Greg, if you can go grab that audio. I remember playing it. This was before the June attack happened last year. Schumer was saying, oh, Trump's a chicken. He's afraid to do anything to Iran. And now Trump has basically wiped out the entire Iranian military. And Joe Scarborough says, hey, is that a good or bad thing? And Schumer can't even answer. So just the degree to which Democrats and we told you this was going to happen, have real difficulty in arguing against the military action because most of them have publicly said and admitted for a long time that Iran was a major threat. So what they focused on instead is oil and gas prices. But as oil and gas prices now are starting to back up and as even the New York Times is saying, hey, the war in Iran, in an editorial that I just tweeted out that I would encourage you guys to read the war in Iran is going better than you think. I think again, to Chuck Schumer's point, they're going to be left with, well, we don't know the long range implications of this. And that's true. Or the long range impact. And that's true because predicting the future is hard. So we tend to focus on how things are going right now. And how things are going right now is Trump is in the midst of executing one of the most successful military campaigns in the history of the United States. When you consider success versus failure, impact versus casualty, I'm not sure we've ever had a more successful military action. Now, how does it end? Those are questions that we've been asking from the get go. But I'm talking about analyzing in real time where we are. It's hard to for this to have gone, I think much better.

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welcome back in Clay Travis Buck Sexton Show. We've talked about some videos going viral of a lot of TSA agents potentially helping not Potentially helping different individuals, passing out water, holding places in lines, helping those with young kids. President Trump just tweeted. I am so proud of our ICE Patriots. They were unfairly maligned by the lunatic, lunatic Democrats for years. And now at the airports, in addition to what they're supposed to be doing, they're helping people with bags, even picking up and cleaning areas. They're so proud to be there. The fact is they shouldn't have to do this, but they are rehabbing a fake image given to them by the radical left Democrat politicians. Public is loving ice. So the Dem Democrats uttering unwittingly did us a favor. They're great American patriots. They just happen to have much larger and harder muscles than most, which is what they're supposed to have. Thank you to ICE for the great job you are doing. America very much appreciates it. There's also talk, Buck, that President Trump may call in the National Guard to help with airport transit as well. And he also posted earlier, blame the Democrats for this airport mess. They want our country to do badly. They want our country to fail. They broke the already signed bill because they want to take care of criminals who enter our country illegally rather than American citizens. Thank you to our great ICE Patriots for helping. It makes a big difference. I may call up the National Guard for more help. That was President Trump a little bit earlier today. So, Buck, I mean, I would say again, things are going well enough in Iran that now the story is pivoting from Iran to airport disaster. And I would say this, if the war, the attack, the, the incident, whatever the, the, the action, whatever you want to call it, was not going on right now in Iran, the airport mess would be the number one story in America. And I think increasingly a lot of Americans are fed up. And cnn, MSNBC and Fox News are sending a lot of reporters out to be involved in checking out how things are, are going right now at the, at the airports. And this is cut 32, we played a little bit earlier for you from Houston. Here is a Phoenix airport passenger saying, and I've seen a lot of these going viral. Hey, yeah, we welcome ICE at the airports. Anybody that makes things better is good. Here is from Phoenix, cut 32. When you see ICE agents, you know, being deployed, what goes through your mind?

[Joe Scarborough]

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[Clay Travis]

Yeah, doing a good job. So again, Buck, I think a lot of Americans are increasingly aware that Democrats are causing this discomfort. And I think that's going to play very Poorly with Democrats. And in fact, there's a recent story that Chuck Schumer's Senate Majority Leader status. Senate Minority Leader status, sorry, the Senate Democrat leadership, that it's in peril because there is starting to be growing dissatisfaction with his opposition to Trump and with the strategic choices that have been made. And remember, all of this had been resolved. And then the shootings happened in Minneapolis and Democrats threw a fit. And the airport lines are a direct result of them throwing that fit.

[Buck Sexton]

Yeah, they've made this whole thing. They have manufactured the crisis. And that's very apparent, I think more so now than ever. And it also just goes to Democrats are willing to sabotage America if they're not in control of it. Democrats view of this country is if they can't have it, no one can. They are freaking out about this. And I think that it's brilliant. And I know we've been given Linda a lot of high fives, but this deployment of ice, because it also shows now, hey, this is working, maybe the National Guard deployment will also work. And what are they going to say? They deploy the National Guard to the airports over Covid, remember this, there's National Guard standing at the airport. So they do contact tracing.

[Clay Travis]

Great point.

[Buck Sexton]

This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen in my life. And all the libs are like, we need more National Guard to fight the virus. I'm like, they're just going to cough on me. They're not fighting the virus. What are we even doing?

[Clay Travis]

That's a great point. It's going to be very difficult for Democrats who demanded the National Guard be called out to airports. Lots of guys walking around with big guns to be upset to be combating a virus to be upset at. The National Guard gets called out to handle all of the major issues that currently exist at airports everywhere. By the way, if you're out there and you're in an airport right now, if you're in Houston, if you're in Atlanta, if you are in jfk, if you're in a place, New Orleans, where it is bad, where the issues are bad at the airport, you can call in and give us a report for from there. Like I said, I flew out of Nashville and Jacksonville yesterday. Zero issues at all. And thanks to everybody out there that is currently working without pay for a very long time, unfortunately, as a TSA agent. When we come back, Buck, what have you got for us? We still got this murder in Chicago, which I think deserves more attention than it's gotten. Maybe we'll dive into some of that

[Buck Sexton]

talking about the crime situation for sure how that has has both gotten better in some places, but in other places Democrats refuse to see reality. We'll discuss that. We've also got some Supreme Court stuff that I wanted to get to clay lot going on.

[Clay Travis]

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