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Of Clay and Buck kicks off. Now. Clay, I want to get to a couple things here. One was the exchange on Bill Maher where he asked, I think he threw, he was, I think he thought he was throwing a fast pitch down the middle and it got absolutely walloped into the upper deck with the question about do you feel bad about voting for Trump? Now to someone who voted for Trump, we'll get to that. First, though, I did want to get your take on this. You know, last week. First Last week Trump made a bunch of references to Canada as the 51st state. He does not seem to be budging off of that one. I believe it is Trump trolling. I do not have any real thought that the Canadians are going to become the 51st state. There's no process through which that would happen. But then there's this. And I don't know if this is trolling or a combination of serious and trolling, but it's seems to be a big deal. This is from his Truth Social, Donald J. Trump. The pardons that sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of political thugs and many others are hereby declared void, vacant and of no further force or effect because of the fact that they were done by auto pen. In other words, Joe Biden did not sign them, but more importantly, he did not know anything about them. The necessary pardoning documents were not explained to or approved by Biden. He knew nothing about them. And the people that did may have committed a crime. Therefore, those of the Unselect committee who destroyed and deleted all evidence obtained by their two year witch hunt of me and many other innocent people should fully understand that they are subject to investigation at the highest level. The fact is they were probably responsible for the documents that were signed on their behalf without the knowledge or consent of the worst president in the history of our country, crooked Joe Biden. What, what do you make of this? I don't think that this is One, the Canada thing, I think, is Trump just having fun and doing what Trump does and getting a little negotiating leverage, maybe. I don't think that he's kidding about this. I think he's quite serious.
Clay Travis
It's super weird. Let's just say that whatever you think about Trump, he has made a very calculated decision to basically sign all of his executive orders directly in front of the media, affix his signature, have people explaining to the assembled media what the orders that he is signing do, and then he's oftentimes held them up, he's passed out pins. He has made it very clear that he is acting on his authority as the President of the United States. What rational basis would there be for an auto pen to be signing executive orders of this level of significance? And, Buck, you'll know this, and I bet a lot of people out there certainly have experienced this. I'm not talking about like you wrote a letter to your congressman and they like, stamp it or fix an auto pin at the signature, you know, to a letter. I'm talking about when you are acting with the full force of legal authority to have an auto pin doing it, as opposed to Biden himself doing it, is extremely strange. And I do think it raises the question, was Biden aware of many of the acts that were being undertaken by the executive branch under his duly elected authority? Why would you? I mean, I. I think it's like, leave aside whether you agree with the decisions that Biden made, because obviously a lot of these we don't agree with. Why would you need to do it via auto pin? I mean, it's actually a super interesting question. I think that demands a real answer. And I don't think it's crazy of Trump to say if Biden wasn't himself sitting, like, he should have to sign the executive authority act. Like that doesn't seem like a crazy perspective to take. Right.
Buck Sexton
Well, this is where things get interesting here, because Biden was somebody that we all know now, and this is uncontroversial, had cognitive issues, right? I mean, had dementia. Basically, you had a president with dementia. And this is something I used to say about Reagan all the time. They used to always bring up that they would say that Reagan had Alzheimer's. Right? That was just meant to besmirch Reagan's legacy. And this is something that Democrats through the 90s into the 2000s. Look, Reagan had Alzheimer's. But what Trump is going after here is he's saying that you can't, while advisors can push policies to Biden and He can sign off on it. The the power of pardon comes from the president as a person. And if he does not know of and does not sign off on a pardon, it is not possible for anyone else to do so. So if there was an auto pen, like, if these signatures that were auto pen were also correlated with pardons that Biden did not himself approve, then you could consider it to be void, essentially. That's the idea. Now, can you hear. I think the challenge with this is how would you prove this? I don't know how you could prove it. And Democrats are going to say that of course Biden knew and of course Biden approved of all of this. And there is no place in the Constitution or in case law that I'm aware of where a pardon can be. The pardon power is considered to be absolute. Right. Pardons can't be undone because then there's no such thing as a pardon power.
Clay Travis
Correct.
Buck Sexton
So I don't really see where this is going. It might just be trolling, but Trump is pretty serious about it.
Clay Travis
Here is where, Buck, I would say, and we said this on the show at the time that it occurred, here is where I do think Trump could challenge many of these Biden pardons. Is it legal to actually preemptively pardon someone? That, to me, is a very valid question that the Supreme Court should have to address because most of the people that Biden pardoned have not actually been charged with any crime. And so to me, the auto pin aspect of this, of this allegation by Trump is. Is intriguing. I would actually layer it, though, with. On top of this, which I think is the far more significant argument. Does the president really have the power to preemptively pardon people from being charged with crimes potentially for actions going back a decade? Again, almost all presidential pardons historically have been for duly adjudicated cases. That is the ostensible purpose of the pardon. Right. You have been convicted of a crime. You are, in the president's opinion, worthy of clemency, and therefore you are going to be given it after a duly adjudicated process. Just saying, hey, for a decade of actions, you are unable to be charged with any crime and I am preemptively pardoning you. To me, that's the angle that they should be going after, because I don't think that should be legal.
Buck Sexton
It should at least be known what you're being pardoned for.
Clay Travis
Correct.
Buck Sexton
That's the entire purpose also. Right. Because there's reason. There was thinking behind this. Right. That it wasn't just. It didn't just come out of nowhere, that there was this idea that the President should have this very important authority. This is, this goes to decisions made after the Civil War. For example, how do you handle the Confederacy? Right. How do you bring, you know, there are people that wanted there to be much more severe punishments for some of, particularly the leadership, but it was decided, well, no, we're going to bring the country together. And so there was clemency, there were pardons, there were decisions made. You know, you can see how at baseline there is a need for presidential pardon, or rather why people would think there's a need for presidential pardons. What about if somebody just started saying, you know what, Anybody who works for me, you get a, you get a total get out of jail free card for anything you've done over the last 10 years. You know what I mean?
Clay Travis
Yeah.
Buck Sexton
Is that okay? Can you just, can you just write something that says I, Joe Biden, or have somebody else write it and pretend they're Joe Biden? I, Joe Biden, hereby sweep away any crime committed by any member of my administration for the last decade or anyone who worked for me in, you know, in the White House. Is that, is that the use of pardon power? I mean, there have to be some limits. And I think that when you're talking about preemptive, to your point, preemptive pardoning is this also goes to. Can the President pardon himself? Legitimate questions that people have been asking.
Clay Travis
For a long time.
Buck Sexton
Yeah.
Clay Travis
And again, I don't know that very many people have really spent a lot of time on it. You and I talked about it because I think it's such an interesting question. Also, it presumes guilt. That's the other aspect of this. If I said to you, if I said right now, if the President called me up and he was like, clay, do you need a pardon for the last decade of your activities? I would say no. Like, I don't. I don't think that I've done anything that would be criminal in nature. When you pardon the entire penumbra of your family, it suggests that there have been a lot of criminal actions that have occurred when you are doing it preemptively. Again, you and I were not surprised. A lot of the nation was when Hunter Biden got his pardon. But the pardon for the conviction that Hunter Biden got in Delaware and also for his tax related charges is very, very valid in my opinion. Right. You might not agree with it, but the President's authority to pardon in that context seems quite clear. Legally. Does the President have the ability to just say to his brother, hey, you're protected from all crimes for the last decade? I don't think so. Does the President have the ability to say for Liz Cheney or Dr. Fauci or any of these other individuals, hey, you're protected for the last decade from any charges that any future administration might try to put on you? No, that's not constitutionally permissible.
Buck Sexton
I don't think it also creates a real sense that some people are above the law because there can't even be any public feeling about what somebody is being pardoned for if it's a sweeping pardon that. I mean, here's the other thing. Could you be pardoned for any future unyet, future not yet described or committed acts? I don't think so. I don't think anybody would be okay with that. Cuz now you're just saying that somebody has, there's no legal authority of the federal government over an American citizen. So clearly it can't be any future act that you commit. It would have to be a thing already done. And I do think there is grounds to say. You have to at least say what the thing is. Right. Because what happened here was, for example, Hunter Biden was pardoned. It should have, it should have had to say, Hunter Biden is pardoned for tax evasion, for, you know, for bribery, for money laundering, you know, for the following things. And you know, instead the, the system, I mean, maybe that's not how it's generally done, but I think that's how it should be done. You have to, you should have to be pardoned for a thing that people are aware of. It can't just be like, yeah, you're good, nothing, you can do whatever you want. You know, I mean, think, think about that as well. You could find out in the case of Hunter Biden, I wouldn't be surprised at all. Maybe some stuff went on that we didn't even know about that was really bad. And then you can't, you can't charge them for that either.
Clay Travis
It's, it's not. I, I am confident that this is not permissible and it's why I said I would challenge it. To me, the auto pin thing is a additional layer to it, but to me it feels much more worthy of legal challenge to try to argue, hey, this is 100% permissible.
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But do you think Trump is going to see this one through? Do you think, do you think he's, he's real deal on this one. He wants to push this?
Clay Travis
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Welcome back in Clay Travis, Buck Sexton Show. Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. We were just talking about the Presidential Pardon Authority and I think it ties in with one of the big questions that is underway that we're going to talk with Jim Jordan about in the top of the next hour, which is one that we've been debating since the country was founded. What is the scope of executive authority and who has the ability to to rein in that executive authority, particularly as it pertains to the border? Buck I was reading this morning in the New York Times right now, Trump is on pace through February. I know we're basically halfway through March for the lowest number of illegal border crossings since 1967. I mean, I want to repeat that again because I think a lot of you out there. This is in the New York Times this morning. The lowest border crossings since 1967. No one is talking suddenly about the border. Hardly at all. It's buried on page 15, the Darien Gap. You remember when we talked about the Darien Gap and the tens of thousands of people who were coming through that treacherous region In Latin America, almost no one is even attempting to come through the Darien Gap right now. Meaning the overall flow of illegal immigrants to our border has basically stopped. This is important because we were told in a presidential campaign by Kamala Harris and Joe Biden that the problem with the border was Congress wouldn't act. And there were many Republicans who actually signed on and tried to agree with that argument. We still would like to see Congress act because otherwise a new president could come in under executive authority and change this. But all Trump needed to do buck was just enforce the laws that were already on the books.
Buck Sexton
How many Republicans really were going? There was one that I can think of. I think it was from Oklahoma, if I remember correctly.
Clay Travis
James Langford from Oklahoma was a clown on this.
Buck Sexton
Yeah, but was there any. Was there anyone else on the Senate side? Republicans, who.
Clay Travis
It's a great. It's a great question. There were certainly some supporters.
Buck Sexton
Yeah. Go back and check when that, when that was. That would have been last summer, around July. Who on the Republican side was willing to go along with the preposterous. Well, now Democrats want to fix the border just before the election. Like, correct. You know, honestly, it was such an insult to the intelligence of the American people. It really was. Even for Democrats who were in on it anyway, they had to know, wow, they're really treating us like a bunch of idiots.
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I do think when there are. Look, there are all sorts of things that people argue about and we still don't know what is the right decision. It's complicated. The data is. Isn't clear. The data is clear here. All Trump had to do was sign these executive actions and enforce the law and the border would have shut down. Biden let 10 million plus illegals into this country, and all he had to do was keep the same policies in place as Trump. Again, we have to celebrate some victories here, and a lot of media is not talking about it. Lowest border crossings since 1967. It's an extraordinary accomplishment in the first 50 days of the Trump administration to have pulled this off.
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Clay Travis
To those who claim you're using a.
Buck Sexton
200 year old law to circumvent due process. An old law. Not as old as Constitution. We still pay attention to that, don't we? But some would say this is how many more times do you plan on supporting El Salvador? I like that. It's not as old as the Constitution and we still care about that. Clay Notice old law like the Logan act to jam up, which was never used and is actually probably unconstitutional in itself to jam up General Flynn. Media is all about it. This law used to get, you know, rapists, murderers and gang member thugs out of the country media is crying about due process for illegals.
Clay Travis
We've had Tom Homan on the show a ton and obviously his voice is great because he sounds like the guy who should be in charge of the border. This is one of those things that I do think Trump is right about. In a television era, the central casting element of the person who is the communicator in chief of a particular issue and decision. Tom Holman both looks and sounds like the grizzled veteran who should be in charge of making sure that our border is safe. Like if you asked me to, like central cast, if we were doing a television show or a movie and you said, hey, who's the guy? What does the guy look like? Who's going to shut down the border? I would say, oh, it's a guy like Tom Holman. And his responses when these questions get yelled out are extraordinary. This is going mega viral. We just played for you. But remember, Buck, for years, Tom Holman came on this show and he said, it's really simple. If President Trump's in office, he will shut down the border, just like we shut down the border in the first term and Tom Holman's in office. And again, they have shut down the border. And I do think you will sometimes know when Trump has huge wins because stories just disappear. They don't give him credit, really. They just kind of stop talking about an issue. For instance, the price of eggs. Buck has evidently plummeted in the last 10 days or so and it's back down to a normal level price of eggs. I'm not an expert on egg pricing, but my understanding is that they have essentially come back down to a normal ish price. Story's going to vanish for years as the price went up, nobody talked about it. Trump's in office 50 days, suddenly he owns the price of eggs. I'll tell you another one. The stock market. I was out last week. Rough week for the stock market. Suddenly Trump is responsible for every day's activity in the stock market. When it comes back up, and it will come back up, the story will just vanish. They only have these short lived little narrative arcs. Suddenly everybody in the Democrat Party cares about where the stock prices are. Look, I want the stock market to go up. My advice to you in general is the same advice that I follow. Buy index funds. I buy S&P 500 index funds on average. Historically, every 10 years, they double. The more time you pay attention to stock market prices, the more likely you are to respond emotionally and make decisions to sell low and Buy high, because that's how most people think. Oh, the prices keep going up. Oh, I'm going to buy. Oh, the prices are going down. Oh, I'm going to sell. What is the great line from Warren Buffett? Be greedy when others are fearful. And, and be fearful when others are greedy. Honestly, emotional aspects of how to judge this. And look, the stock market was a disaster for the first two years of Biden, but the overall American economy is such that even when you have a bad president, and I think Biden was the worst president any of our lives, the stock market didn't completely collapse because there were enough red states out there making great decisions and enough red state governors to help to allow their states to be growing dynamically, even while the federal government policies actually made it more difficult for, in general, companies to succeed. So I do think the way these narratives just vanish. Buck, is super interesting in the context of Trump's successes. You don't hear them trumpet them, they just vanish.
Buck Sexton
Yes. And I had mentioned this before and I did want to play it for everybody so they could hear it, which is when Bill Maher, I was surprised he went in this direction. Look, Bill's a pretty, Bill's a savvy guy and he's realized that. And he knew before the election, too, I think, where the Democrat Party was going, which was off a cliff into a brick wall. Pick your metaphor. He knew this because they went crazy and he was trying to tell them to stop, be so crazy, stop being so crazy. And they wouldn't listen. I was surprised, though, that he went in the. Well, now Trump is, this is the thing with Bill. He, he can, he can be reasonable even if he's wrong. Like he's wrong on, on climate change, in my mind. But you can talk to him about it somewhat. Trump, he despises Trump like he has, he has Trump derangement syndrome. Truly, he has a Trump derangement syndrome. And he took the approach with one of his guests, who is a former leftist or center left, I should say a former Democrat who has come over to the Trump side as a Trump voter and he's like, well, don't you feel like you shouldn't have voted for Trump now that we've seen what's going on? And I was shocked. Here is how she explained this. This is Bhatia Unger Sargan on Bill Maher. This is cut 25. Play it. And I'm just wondering what you think now we're approaching two months in. I mean, you must have a feeling in your gut. Look me in the eye and tell me you don't. That this is really going badly and I shouldn't have thrown my lot in with this team. Oh, no, I feel the opposite. All right, tell me why. I'm so sorry, Bill. No, no, tell me why.
Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
That makes no sense. Can you explain? Please do. Yes, please. When I look at what President Trump.
Clay Travis
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Buck Sexton
Enacting right now, he took a Republican Party that was built on social conservatism, foreign interventions and wars and free trade.
Clay Travis
And free markets, and he basically took.
Buck Sexton
An ax to all of those during the campaign. He said, look, I mean, he's pretty pro gay. That's pretty obvious.
Clay Travis
He appointed the highest ranking out gay.
Buck Sexton
Person, Scott Besant, our Secretary of treasury, which is incredible.
Clay Travis
And he sidelined the pro life wing of his party.
Buck Sexton
Yeah, it changed the party for sure. Okay, so he believes abortion should be legal for 12 weeks. That's not actually really where he is on it. But the point here is, Clay, you know, we could talk about the abortion thing in more, in more detail. But the point is the don't you feel badly about how Trump is doing so far for Trump voters is still a total misread of where Trump voters are, which is, I think, for most of us who are expecting it to be good or very good, it is excellent. It has actually exceeded the expectations of those who had high expectations. So the notion that anybody would regret it who voted for Trump, I just think this goes to. Democrats aren't paying attention to the mood of the country or they're disconnected from the mood of the country. They just can't tell.
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Look, if Trump were in any way experiencing a backlash or regret, Democrats, as we started off the show talking about, wouldn't be at historic lows of approval in general. The approval rating of the Democrat Party would not have collapsed if the Republican president were wildly unpopular. I don't think anybody, anybody regrets their decision about Trump. And look, I mean, Buck, just quickly, there is a very good chance, I think we're going to get a ceasefire in Ukraine and end that war between Russia and Ukraine within the first hundred days of Trump's presidency. We have a cease fire right now in the Middle East. It's tenuous. Hopefully it holds. That's because of Trump. We have, as we just laid out, potentially the fewest illegal border crossings since 1967 at our southern border. We have inflation hitting a four year low last week and we have violent crime overall on decline in many different cities across America and and bad guys being put behind bars and kicked out of the country when they have no business being here again. The stock market is basically the only thing you can point to right now if you are a Democrat and say, oh, it's not going well. But the stock market is basically right now as we speak, the exact same level S&P 500 that it was on election day. So really six months. I mean you have corrections constantly. Stock prices go up and down. And the fact that we're sitting and I saw the clip from you and I watched it over the last week, Buck, where you were laying out, hey, we've had a sugar high in the way that much of the government has been dealt with in terms of the money that's just been the spigot that's been being paid by Democrats. And there may be a little bit of a retrenchment as people recognize that that sugar high is going away.
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I did say that last week. Thank you for noting it. And the treasury secretary was on TV this morning. This is Cut nine. Scott Bessant was saying that's exactly what has happened to everybody. We need to face reality play:9 Top 10% of Americans are 40 or 50% of consumption.
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And that is an unstable equilibrium. The bottom 50% of working Americans have gotten killed.
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We are trying to address that. We're trying to get rates down. And you know, could we be seeing that this economy that we inherited starting to grow a bit? Sure.
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And look, there's going to be a.
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The market and the economy have just become hooked and we become addicted to this government spending and there's going to be a detox period. Detox period. Of course there's going to be a detox period. When you've been spending beyond your means. If you've been running to the mall, I guess. Does anyone really go to the mall anymore to spend a lot of money? But if you've been running to the mall spending ten grand a month on your credit card.
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My wife does, my mother, my mother in law does. I think yes.
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I just, I just wonder like at what point they're going to name a chair or something after my wife at Costco, you know, like at what point does she get that honor for spending as much at Costco as she does?
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I'll tell you this Buck, you know, I Went downstairs to get my smoothie for lunch, and I looked down, and we have a big Costco chili ready for dinner tonight. And I'm already excited about having Costco chili. It's my. I don't shop. I shop at Amazon and I shop at Costco. That's like 99% of where I buy anything. I love every. I'm like your wife. I love every time I get to go into a Costco. It's just always a glorious experience.
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And it's funny, too. I've said, honey, do you want me to go with you? And she's like, no, it's fine. I'm like, oh. It's like. It's like she doesn't want me to spoil it by, you know, asking my. My ignorant Costco questions or anything. Like, this is her place. This is her. This is her field trip that she gets to go on once a week and load up the entire SUV full of things from Costco. So.
Clay Travis
But look, saving you a bundle of money in the process, as one does.
Buck Sexton
She's saving me nothing but money. It's almost like everything she buys is free because of all of the savings. And those of you who are familiar with wife or girl math are familiar with how that actually goes. She's doing me a favor by bringing home those big jars of whatever it is because it's such a good deal.
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That's exactly right. That's how girl math works. It's gone popular on Tik Tok. We've talked about this before, where women will go on and say, look at how much I saved. And then, you know, they sometimes try to talk to the men in their lives and like, that's not actually. No, but girl math is you don't spend money. You only save money. So if something's half off, you have saved a massive amount in the process. So this is the Costco is the perfect example of this.
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Yes. But back to the economy overall, this is not a surprise to the administration that there would be a little bit of a disruption in the market. Because if you're going to cut the spigot off of tremendous spending from the federal government and the expectation that this will just continue. You know, there is. You can pay a lot of people to do nothing, and a lot of people are making money. The point is, we don't want that to continue to happen.
Clay Travis
Yes.
Buck Sexton
So there'll be a little bit of a disruption there.
Clay Travis
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Podcast Summary: The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - MAGA Leftists
Episode Overview Released on March 22, 2025, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delves into contemporary political dynamics, focusing on the interplay between executive authority, media portrayal, and border policy achievements under the Trump administration. This episode, titled "Weekly Review With Clay and Buck H2 - MAGA Leftists," offers an in-depth analysis of President Trump’s recent criticisms of President Biden’s pardon practices, the state of U.S. border security, and the media’s handling of political narratives. Additionally, the show features a discussion on Bill Maher’s exchange with self-identified MAGA leftists, highlighting shifting political identities.
Trump’s Accusations The episode opens with Buck Sexton addressing President Trump’s recent remarks targeting President Biden’s use of pardons. Trump alleges that Biden utilized an “auto pen” to sign executive orders and pardons without his direct involvement. Buck brings up Trump's declaration on Truth Social, where Trump states:
“The pardons that sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of political thugs and many others are hereby declared void, vacant and of no further force or effect because of the fact that they were done by auto pen.” ([04:30])
Legal Implications Clay Travis interrogates the legitimacy of using an auto pen for signing executive orders, emphasizing the unusual nature of such actions:
“What rational basis would there be for an auto pen to be signing executive orders of this level of significance?” ([05:15])
Buck echoes these concerns, questioning the verifiability of such claims and the constitutional boundaries of presidential pardoning power:
“I don't really see where this is going. It might just be trolling, but Trump is pretty serious about it.” ([08:49])
Discussion on Preemptive Pardons The hosts delve into the legality of preemptive pardons, questioning whether a president can issue pardons for actions not yet adjudicated. Clay argues that traditional pardons follow a conviction process, making preemptive pardons legally questionable:
“Does the president really have the power to preemptively pardon people from being charged with crimes potentially for actions going back a decade?” ([09:10])
Buck adds that such actions could imply a presumption of guilt, undermining the fundamental principles of the pardon power:
“You have to at least say what the thing is. It can't just be like, yeah, you're good, nothing, you can do whatever you want.” ([13:30])
Conclusion on Executive Authority Clay asserts his intention to legally challenge Biden’s purported use of an auto pen, reinforcing the importance of upholding constitutional standards:
“To me, the auto pin thing is an additional layer to it, but to me it feels much more worthy of legal challenge to try to argue, hey, this is 100% permissible.” ([14:54])
Record-Low Illegal Crossings The hosts shift focus to U.S. border security, highlighting statistics indicating a significant reduction in illegal border crossings under President Trump’s administration:
“Trump is on pace through February [...] the lowest number of illegal border crossings since 1967.” ([24:21])
Clay emphasizes this achievement as a testament to Trump’s effective enforcement of existing laws:
“It's an extraordinary accomplishment in the first 50 days of the Trump administration to have pulled this off.” ([25:47])
Comparative Analysis with Biden’s Policies Buck critiques the Biden administration's border policies, arguing that a lack of enforcement led to increased illegal crossings:
“Biden let 10 million plus illegals into this country, and all he had to do was keep the same policies in place as Trump.” ([25:47])
Success Stories: Tom Holman’s Role The discussion highlights Tom Holman’s leadership in border security, portraying him as an effective communicator and enforcer:
“Tom Holman both looks and sounds like the grizzled veteran who should be in charge of making sure that our border is safe.” ([27:23])
Clay praises Holman’s straightforward approach, contrasting it with perceived inefficiencies in Biden’s administration:
“This is one of those things that I do think Trump is right about. [...] Tom Holman has shut down the border.” ([27:23])
Selective Reporting Clay and Buck critique the media for downplaying or ignoring significant achievements under Trump’s presidency. Examples include the stabilization of egg prices and the overall performance of the stock market:
“You have to celebrate some victories here, and a lot of media is not talking about it.” ([25:47])
Clay cites the recent normalization of egg prices as neglected news:
“The price of eggs [...] is back down to a normal level price of eggs. ... they [the media] just kind of stop talking about an issue.” ([25:47])
Stock Market Fluctuations Buck discusses the stock market’s volatility, arguing that despite fluctuations, the overall market remains strong and is unfairly attributed to Trump’s policies:
“The stock market is basically the only thing you can point to right now if you are a Democrat and say, oh, it's not going well.” ([25:47])
Clay reinforces this by noting the S&P 500's resilience despite political upheavals:
“The stock market is basically right now, the exact same level S&P 500 that it was on election day.” ([30:00])
Shift in Political Identities Buck Sexton introduces a segment analyzing Bill Maher’s interaction with a self-identified MAGA leftist, Bhatia Unger Sargan. The guest exclaims a transition from being a traditional leftist to a "MAGA leftist," indicating a complex political realignment:
“I was a leftist and I am still a leftist. I'm just a MAGA leftist now.” ([33:27])
Analysis of the Exchange Buck expresses surprise at Maher’s engagement with someone holding such hybrid views, emphasizing the shifting political landscape:
“The notion that anybody would regret it [voting for Trump], I just think this goes to. Democrats aren't paying attention to the mood of the country or they're disconnected from the mood of the country.” ([35:07])
Implications for Political Discourse Clay underscores the guest’s lack of traditional conservative alignment, questioning the coherence of being both a leftist and a MAGA supporter:
“That makes no sense. Can you explain? Please do.” ([34:00])
The discussion highlights the evolving and often contradictory nature of modern political identities, suggesting a fragmentation within traditional party lines.
Inflation and Market Adjustments Clay and Buck assess the current economic climate, noting improvements in inflation rates and the potential for economic growth as government spending transitions to private sectors:
“Inflation's going up, coming down. ... The more time you pay attention to stock market prices, the more likely you are to respond emotionally and make decisions to sell low and Buy high.” ([18:31])
Buck introduces Treasury Secretary Scott Besant's perspective on economic consumption disparities:
“Top 10% of Americans are 40 or 50% of consumption.” ([37:23])
Concerns Over Public Spending The conversation criticizes excessive government spending, advocating for a shift towards fiscal responsibility to stabilize the economy:
“The market and the economy have just become hooked and we become addicted to this government spending and there's going to be a detox period.” ([40:25])
Clay emphasizes the necessity of this economic adjustment, aligning it with the administration’s broader fiscal strategies:
“And that is the only thing that you can point to basically, the stock market, the S&P 500 down, like 50, 100 points, I think in the last six months.” ([40:26])
Tease for Next Segment As the episode concludes, Clay and Buck preview their upcoming interview with Congressman Jim Jordan. They hint at discussions surrounding federal district court judges and Trump's executive authority, promising deeper insights into ongoing political battles:
“We will discuss all that and more with him when we come back.” ([48:00])
Final Thoughts The hosts reiterate their commitment to highlighting underreported political successes and maintaining a critical stance on current administration policies. They encourage listeners to engage with their content and stay informed on pivotal political developments.
Notable Quotes
Clay Travis ([05:15]): “What rational basis would there be for an auto pen to be signing executive orders of this level of significance?”
Buck Sexton ([08:49]): “I don't really see where this is going. It might just be trolling, but Trump is pretty serious about it.”
Clay Travis ([13:30]): “Does the president really have the power to preemptively pardon people from being charged with crimes potentially for actions going back a decade?”
Buck Sexton ([25:47]): “Trump is on pace through February [...] the lowest number of illegal border crossings since 1967.”
Clay Travis ([25:47]): “It's an extraordinary accomplishment in the first 50 days of the Trump administration to have pulled this off.”
Conclusion In this episode, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton provide a robust analysis of President Trump’s recent criticisms of President Biden’s pardon practices, highlight significant achievements in border security, and critique the media’s selective reporting on political successes. The discussion extends to evolving political identities, as evidenced by Bill Maher’s exchange with a MAGA leftist, and examines the broader economic landscape influenced by governmental fiscal policies. The episode sets the stage for future discussions with key political figures, promising listeners continued insights into the nation's political and economic trajectories.