Clay Travis (18:07)

Now at lunchtime listening to Clay and Buck Monday through Friday. You guys will always be in my AirPods while I'm doing my walk.

Buck Sexton (18:16)

Absolutely. I absolutely love to hear it. Honored that we keep you company during your walk and try to keep you informed as you're getting those steps in. It's a great way to do it. Honestly. Listen to this show, either the podcast or live while you're doing your walk. Because I've now reminded you right go for if you got time at lunchtime, if you got some time, you know, whenever, get out there and get the steps. And a lot of you writing in on this. By the way Eric writes, Buck, you're 100% right on walking. It sounded crazy to me too. But last year, after walking not leisurely, a mile a day and changing it up my diet a bit, I lost £25 in six months. Eric, just like me, man, the walking is absolutely critical and it's there's so many benefits to it for you physically, for you mentally, it's just a good thing to work into your daily, daily schedule. And you know, I used to be a runner. I used to even do not like elite or good, I'm not gonna pretend, but I used to run. I used to go and do, you know, four, five, six miles at a time on, on a regular basis in my, in my 20s, did some road races in New York. That's what they call them, you know, kind of like a track meet out on the roads of New York City. And the thing about running, which is great, a great exercise in a lot of ways depends on the length and the distance, but is that it often increases your hunger. And so you go, oh, I'm going to lose weight, so I'm going to start jogging or running. Well, yeah, but if you do that and then you have like an extra cheeseburger at night, guess what? You're not going to get where you want to go. Walking tends to be a caloric burn that doesn't result for most people in a big hunger increase because you've got to control the, got to control the calories. See, I'm, I got fired up about this stuff. Switch your cell phone service this month from AT&T Verizon or T Mobile to PureTalk. Start saving $50 or more a month without sacrificing any cell phone service quality. PureTalk will give you the same quality of cell phone service you currently have. That's because PureTalk uses the same cell phone towers and network as one of those companies to provide you with the best 5G nationwide service. Get a brand new iPhone 14 or Samsung Galaxy at no cost to you with a qualifying plan by dialing pound250 and say the keywords clay and buck. Pure Talk's US customer service team will help you make the switch in as little as 10 minutes. No hassle, no gimmicks, just honest to goodness wireless price. Right? I've had Pure Talk for years. Their customer service is fantastic and their pricing Simply cannot. Dial £250 from your phone. Now say the keywords Clay and Buck to claim your iPhone or Galaxy with qualifying purchase from PureTalk, America's wireless company. Visit PureTalk.com for details. All right, I mentioned that Trump was just speaking to the press and he was just in the Oval Office. So I wanted to bring you the latest here from the President. He is, as always, moving and setting news cycles with, with every utterance, pretty much. So let's dive into it on, on the tariffs situation, which we know we've talked about a fair amount today on the show. It is still in flux. It's all going to be fine. It is still in flux. And he is negotiating, but he spoke about that and he keeps on trying to get everyone to understand who is particularly critical of this. But critical, I think the people who are critical of it because they hate Trump and that's. They're going to, he could cure cancer and they would say, why cancer? You know, it doesn't matter. But there are the people who I think are a little, hey, hold on. Is this going to be good for the Trump economy? We want the best. I'm a little worried about this. Trump is telling them, you got to remember, this is about reciprocal tariffs first and foremost, meaning places that have it against us, they should remove that. And that's why we're, we're saying we'll put them on you if you don't take. You know, this is a do unto others as they do unto you tariff strategy play 22.

Clay Travis (22:08)

As you know, we're going to be doing reciprocal tariffs. So whatever they charge us, we're charging them. Nobody can complain about that. Whatever it is. It doesn't even matter what it is. If they charge us, if they charge us 25 or 20% or 10% or 2% or 200%, then that's what we're charging them. And so I don't know why people get upset about that, because there's nothing more fair than that. And we, we had a problem with Ontario, and they dropped that. When I let them know what we were going to be doing, they dropped it immediately. So I'm glad, because electricity shouldn't be playing with electricity. It affects people's lives there, actually, their life. I mean, it can affect, depending on whether it can affect their life. So we can't do that.

Buck Sexton (22:50)

Why is it bad to use the threat of tariffs? I mean, threat might be a little strong, but to use the implementation of tariffs, the possibility of tariffs as a negotiation tool to get another country to remove its preexisting tariff against us. I'd like to know what the really honest and straightforward response to that is. Instead, I get tariffs raise prices and they lower aggregate demand. And I hear all this, oh, okay. I know that, you know, there's a lot of, in economics, there's a lot of cost benefit analysis on a whole range of things. And this is something that we've had to deal with on the immigration side of things, too, where they say, oh, the more illegals, the bigger our GDP is. Yeah, but that doesn't, what we want is, is a country that that is actually a country that has sovereignty and that has households, individuals doing well. We don't just want, the more, the merrier, the bigger the economy, the bigger the overall gdp, the better. That's actually, it's GDP per capita that matters to us a lot more than just overall gdp because you have to look at the long term expense of individuals who are going to be government dependent. And that's already reflected in our immigration laws, but it's ignored anyway. So Trump is saying, yeah, look, we're going to tariff people that are tariffing us. And so the, that seems, I just feel like that's very straightforward. I don't know why this is. And he said he was going to do this. He's always talked about this. I don't know why this is a shock to anybody. Okay, now let's move to what he just said now a few moments ago about the price of. Talked about eggs in the first hour. Price of eggs and oil. This is 23, hit it.

Clay Travis (24:35)

We did a lot of things that got the cost of eggs down very substantially and so many other things. A very big thing that I'm very happy with is oil is down to $65 a barrel and that's faster than I would have. We put on the gas, we stepped in the gas in order to get oil. And that's what's happening. So we're getting that down. And when energy comes down, prices are going to be coming down with it. So in a very short period of time, we've done a very good job.

Buck Sexton (25:02)

Yeah, and it's a very short period of time. Nobody can really argue with that. And things are starting to move in the right direction on some key things. You know, stock market goes up, stock market goes down. That's what markets do. There's a lot of reasons for that. But I think that it should be clear to everybody that the team that's in charge, they understand this stuff, they know what's going on. And Trump's been here before. We have a record to judge this on. This is not. Oh, gosh, does this guy have any idea what he's doing? Do you remember what the economy was like 2018, 2019? It was like, oh my gosh, you know, low. The, you know, real unemployment numbers going down, so much wages going up. You know, the stock market's booming, industry merger, you know, it's all. And yeah, good stuff, right? It's all going to be, it's all going to be just fine. That's what I keep trying to remind everybody who's willing to listen about. And I think that the changes that they're making are necessary. Oh, wait, wait. Speaking of the changes, a little bit of a throwback here. Speaking of the changes, I mentioned a moment ago in the last segment that there was a time not long ago when Nancy Pelosi was opposed to waste, fraud and abuse. Nancy Pelosi is here in 2010 calling out how bad the waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare is. This is 25. Play it. We cannot keep our promises on Medicare, simply must make the cuts in waste.

Clay Travis (26:41)

Fraud and abuse in Medicare so that.

Buck Sexton (26:43)

The benefits and the premiums are untouched.

Clay Travis (26:47)

We owe it to our seniors.

Buck Sexton (26:49)

We owe it to our country. Okay, you hear that? That's the. Really the most powerful Democrat of the last 20 years. I know. I say that and you're like, ugh. And it grosses you. It's true. It's true. I mean, Obama while in office, in his time for eight years. But look at how long Pelosi's been in the game. And look at how Pelosi, I mean, she shepherded through Obamacare. She's ruthless. She's not good, but she knows what she's doing. She knows how to wield power. She. She ran circles around the Republicans on some things. Just, just calling it like it is. Right? Gotta be honest about it. But Here she is 15 years ago talking about how if we don't deal with the waste, fraud and abuse in Medicare, we won't be able to keep Medicare as it is. Now think about this. That was 15 years ago. The problem has only gotten worse since then. The problem of the waste, fraud and abuse and the debt and all of this together has only increased all of these pressure points. And yet Democrats hate Elon Musk and mock him and want to try to stop him in every. In every possible way they can. See what I mean? Whatever Trump is for, they are against. And whatever Trump is against, they are for, this is the way that they are operating. Because ultimately the future of the country matters less to them. That they are in charge and they have power. It's the truth. They want to be in charge. That is, that is point number one. Everything else comes after that. They have to have power. Power over you, power over me, power over the country. If that means they slam the country into a brick wall at a hundred miles an hour, well, at least they were at the driver. At least they were at the wheel. You know, they were in the driver's seat. And then they'll blame us, too. As you know, there's no Account, that's one thing Democrats are great at. No accountability. Look how they've ruined so many cities with crime and decay and disorder and drugs and. Oh, who could have ever known that undermining cops and refusing to enforce the law would have had these outcomes? I don't know everybody who's not an idiot. Pretty straightforward. But look what they did. Oh, yeah, blm. That's going to help us. So Pelosi used to be opposed to waste, fraud and abuse. And I just think it's fascinating that she has completely abandoned ship on this, because when there's finally somebody who's trying to do some real stuff about it, that's not. Remember, that's not even spending cuts per se. That's just money that shouldn't be spent stops getting spent. Democrats have a problem with that. No, you're not allowed. You're not allowed to do that. You're not allowed to do the good thing because you, the Republicans, showing an ability to follow through on promises, to govern with sanity, to do math and to take your job in government seriously makes people trust you more, makes voters like you more. And that is unacceptable. That is the Democrat mentality in all of us. Everything else is noise. Can't give us. Can't give us a win. You want to know a perfect encapsulation of this mentality? It is the Biden administration not accepting Elon Musk's offer to use SpaceX to get the astronauts back home when they're, you know, when they want to be home. Instead, they get to linger up there for months and months and months. Why? And Elon's made this very clear. He's talked about this because Biden didn't want somebody associated with Trump to do an amazing thing. That is a service that everybody could just sit there and clap and say, great, Elon, Trump's buddy got our American astronauts home. Yeah, that's. This is what we are up against. It is so important that you remember that as we go through, the criticisms of what Trump is doing are going to continue to be irrational and not in good faith, because anything that Trump does that's good, they think must be bad, because good Trump is bad for them. It's as simple as. It's as straightforward as that for a vast majority of these issues. So, you know, there are times when I've even said, I hope this. I hope this Democrat pulls this off, or I hope this Democrat president makes the right decision for the future of the country and deserves the credit if he or she. Well, he does. And you know, there are those occasionally I brought up. I mean, the bin Laden raid, for example, which was a big part of Obama, which was really our Navy SEAL operators who did it, but in CIA who found him. But the point is, Obama got the credit for it. He was the commander in chief. He ordered the raid. There's no part of me that goes, oh, I wish he hadn't ordered the Osama bin Laden raid. No, it was the right move he pulled, he made. And he got four more years in office to do a lot more damage to the country because of it. But there are things that we should be able to recognize as good, irrespective of who's in charge, irrespective of who the pre, you know, which party the president belongs to. Democrats, they've abandoned that in the Trump era. Nothing, anything Trump does is bad. He even made reference to this explicitly in the joint address to Congress where he, I think he even said, if I cured cancer, they would be like, oh, my gosh, what will we do without cancer? And that's, that's their attitude on this. And then there's one more thing here on the this is Trump just now in the last, I don't know, last hour, he says about the Department of Education cuts. He's owning it. He wanted to do it. He said he's doing it half the. Not half. I think it's more like a. I got to check the numbers of the DOE workforce has been told, see you later. But Trump says, look, this is not about stopping kids from learning. This is about letting states run education within the state. Play 24.

Clay Travis (32:46)

We have a dream. And, you know, the dream is we're going to move the Department of Education, we're going to move education into the states so that the states, instead of bureaucrats working in Washington, so that the states can run education. And you have Norway, you have Denmark, you have Sweden, you have various Finland, you have various countries that do very well. You also have China, that does very well in education, which is a pretty big tribute to China, I must say. 1.4 billion, and they're in the top 10. And it's pretty amazing. So we can't blame size anymore. You know, normally you'd blame size. It's too big. How can you do it? But China does it. So we think when you move it back to Iowa and Indiana and all the states that run so well, there's so many, I could name 30, maybe almost 40. Those will be as good as Denmark, those will be as good as Norway.

Buck Sexton (33:36)

And let's see when states can really control their education and not have the meddling of the Department of Education federally, which has just made things worse. And when there's the adequate resources that are just given to the state that would have gone to the Department of Education, I assume that'll be part of this. We'll see. Let's see which states are able to figure out how to do this better. You know, the whole laboratory of democracy thing that the federalism that we have, that whole situation, why can't that work for education, it works for businesses, it works for a whole range of things where we get to see, you know, people are fleeing the blue communist states, moving to red communist states, and this is the way the system is supposed to operate. So there should be again a willingness to approach this in good faith. But that's never going to happen with the Democrats because the most important thing always and forever for these Democrats now is to oppose Trump cuz they hate him so much like a bunch of little babies. It's weeks like this one that make you think twice about how your savings in the bank are doing, right? I mean look, it's been tough with the markets with 401ks, so I want you to prepare for this uncertain time ahead with Gold. The company I trust is Birch Gold. That's who I rely on for my gold purchases and they helped me with my most recent one just a few weeks ago. Birch Gold specializes in helping you convert an existing IRA or 401k into a tax sheltered IRA and physical gold for no money out of pocket. One 5 star review for Birch Gold includes the words knowledgeable, Helpful, no pressure. Get your free info kit on Gold by texting my name buck to the number 9898 98. 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And there's going to be a lot of things that you're going to say to yourself. Well, they didn't tell me about this. Let me just say first up, thank you very much for sending us in your talk back and the well wishes on the baby. He's Carrie just got back from an ultrasound. The baby is. Oh wait, I want to get this right because she'll correct me if I don't. The baby is how many? 5lbs 14oz today. So it's like a little dude. There's a little dude in there, you know, and he's just doing his dude thing and he's swirling around. Easy for me to say, I'm not the one carrying him. I know, but he's in there and yeah, 5lbs 14oz. So he's looking good. Everything good. His head is kind of big, but of course he's my son so he's going to have a big head. And in terms of mail carriers, the team here reminds me, as you know, we inherited Rush Limbaugh's radio team who were with him for 20 years plus, give or take. And they reminded me that kind of like the way we have our truckers for a lot of them will be with us for three hours of the show on the day to day mail carriers. We love that we got mail carriers who will listen to for A three hour. If you're part of the three hour battalion. You know what I mean? We got our three hour battalion. We love our. If you can only pop in for, you know, half an hour or so on the show, that's great too. But our three hour battalion of mail carriers appreciate all of you and we're honored to keep walking around with you. Speaking of walking, a lot of you wrote in on this, by the way, so you. You know what I'm talking about. Kendra. Buck. I've been a walker. Always walked four miles every day during my pregnancy. After my son was born, I put him in a stroller, walked every day of his life until he outgrew the stroller. Walking with the baby is the best. These people that focus on the lack of sleep, ignore them. Yes, your sleep will be messed up, but the cuddles with your baby are worth it. Plus, before you know it, he will be a 17 year old with a full bag beard who's way bigger than you. So happy for you and Carrie. Kendra, thank you so much. And yeah, you know, walking that four miles a day, it is fantastic for you. Fantastic. So very cool. And I hope a lot of you, like I said, maybe a few of you. I'm gonna write in in six months and say, buck, I. Instead of just ignoring you because you talk a lot. I listened and I made walking part of my daily routine. You know, intentional walking. You know, 45 minutes or more of walking daily, and it changed my life. That's what I'm here for. Clay and I are here to save America and change your lives for the better. Ever wake up feeling lousy, knowing something is off with your body? You don't have time for guesswork. You need viome. Forget all the generic health fads. Viome doesn't tell you what you want to hear. 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