October 13, 2025 • 36 mins
Hour 1 of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers a powerful and emotionally charged breakdown of the historic developments in the Middle East, with a strong focus on the return of 20 living hostages from Gaza to Israel and the broader implications of the Trump-brokered peace agreement. This episode centers on the monumental shift toward Middle East peace, highlighting President Donald Trump’s role in facilitating what is being hailed as a transformative geopolitical achievement.
The hosts celebrate the end of a two-year war between Israel and Hamas, emphasizing the unprecedented nature of the ceasefire and the dismantling of Hamas leadership. They underscore the significance of Trump’s speech to the Israeli Knesset, where he was met with overwhelming support and gratitude. The episode positions Trump as the “Peacemaker-in-Chief,” drawing comparisons to historical figures like Ronald Reagan and Winston Churchill and framing his second term as potentially the most transformative presidency of the 21st century.
Clay and Buck explore the strategic shift in diplomacy under Trump, crediting his administration’s focus on deal-making and economic cooperation over religious divisions. They highlight the roles of Jared Kushner and other Trump allies in fostering relationships with Arab leaders, which helped lay the groundwork for a durable peace framework. The hosts argue that this approach has led to a rational, commerce-driven foundation for coexistence in the region.
The episode also critiques the political left, particularly progressive voices and media outlets, for their past opposition to Trump and their silence in the wake of this peace breakthrough. The hosts challenge the moral clarity of those who previously equated Trump with authoritarian figures, pointing out the cognitive dissonance now evident as even critics acknowledge his success. They cite praise from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and CNN’s Clarissa Ward, who noted Trump’s immense popularity in Israel.
Listeners are reminded of the broader implications for U.S. foreign policy, national security, and energy independence. The hosts argue that peace in the Middle East strengthens America’s position globally and reduces the likelihood of future military interventions. They also discuss the strategic impact of the U.S.-Israel strike on Iran, suggesting it was a key factor in Hamas’s willingness to negotiate.
In closing, Hour 1 reflects on the emotional reunions of hostage families, the moral clarity of supporting Israel, and the validation felt by Trump supporters. The segment ends with a call to recognize and celebrate this historic moment, framing it as a victory for peace, diplomacy, and American leadership.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome everybody to the Monday edition of the Clay Travis
and Buck Sexton Show. And it's a big one. A
lot of celebration, a lot of news. Much to discuss
with all of you. All twenty remaining hostages, returns of
the hostages who could have been returned alive. They have
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been returned to Israel from Gaza. All twenty remitting hostages
alive in Gaza have been returned to Israel. Is the headline.
A lot of celebration on the streets, the end of
that war, the return of twenty hostages still alive. You've
also got the exchange of a couple thousand Palestinian detainees
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as part of this process. Trump is in Egypt. He
has been pushing for not just discussions about this deal now,
but also a broader, permanent Mid East peace. He says,
Phase two of the peace deal has begun. We have
a tremendous amount to look at now, both in celebration
(01:05):
and also in look ahead. Here is President Trump. This
is cut ten, addressing Israel's knesse It, their legislative body.
This has cut ten. Listen what the President had to say.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
We gather in a day of profound joy of soaring hope,
of renewed faith and bubble. A day to give our
deepest thanks to the almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
(01:54):
After two harrowing years and darkness and captivity, twenty courageous
hostages are returning to the glorious embrace of their families.
And it is glorious. Twenty eight more precious loved ones
are coming home at last to rest in this sacred
soil for all of time, and after so many years
(02:19):
of unceasing war and endless danger. Today the skies are calm,
the guns are silent, the sirens are still, and the
sun rises on a holy land that is finally at peace,
a land and a region that will live God willing
in peace for all eternity.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Clay, it is just a momentous, a momentous occasion, a
huge day, massive wind for the Trump administration or humanity. Well,
the first time in my lifetime people are talking about
peace in the Middle East as truly achievable after this
massive agreement has gone into play.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I think it is one of the greatest days of
many great days in the Trump administrations over.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
The past decade.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I had so many thoughts as I watched the hostages
come back, and I know many of you did as well.
I think you can start with the American side, which
is they told us for a decade that Trump was Hitler,
and now Trump is the most popular politician in the
history of America in Israel, probably a pretty significant sign
(03:42):
that that is a major, major lie that all of
us knew was being told. But I think even for
the people who've been lying about that for a decade,
it's going to become very difficult to do it going forward.
The response that President Trump got in the Knesset was
actually better than the response that he got in the
(04:03):
State of the Union in the House of Representatives Chamber.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
I think that's significant.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
And for a big picture take when we went to
Israel in December, producer Ali Andrew on our team and me.
We got off the planes buck we were some of
the only foreigners in Israel, and you saw these hostage
placards everywhere in Tel Aviv airport. For the first time
(04:30):
in two years, they've been taken down. The hostages have
come home. We went to Tel Aviv Hostage Square they
called it, where they had nightly protests to bring back
the hostages. I saw videos of pandemonium breaking out as
all of the hostages, the twenty remaining hostages that are alive,
(04:51):
came back to Israel and met their families. And for
all of you out there that are fortunate enough to
be parents or grandparents, can you imagine the hell of
living with your loved ones, your kids, your grandkids, being
held hostage by Hamas for two straight years and then
suddenly you get to see them in the flesh back Now.
Unfortunately many of those hostages were killed by Jimas, but
(05:13):
for the ones who are still alive, it is a
fitting cornerstone to what we hope is a foundation of
peace that's being built there. And Buck, on top of
everything else, I just look at this and it really
does feel like Trump two point zero is going to
(05:34):
be the most transformative presidency of the twenty first century
by far, and maybe the most transformative presidency since Ronald Reagan.
For those of us out there who have been alive
for the past several generations, Trump is now competing not
to me Buck in the annals of the American presidency
and where he ranks, but in the annals of global politics,
(05:58):
whether it's Churchill, whether it's Reagan people who were seismic
historical forces for freedom and good. And for those of
us out there who have been Trump supporters, this is
a day of validation that our judgment was sound and
we picked the right guy to be leading America out
of a place of darkness into a place of light.
(06:19):
That's kind of my big thoughts as I watched all
of this take place this morning.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Buck, if you were to lay out in advance of
an administration, what are the great things that could be
achieved that have so far been unachievable for previous administrations,
Middy's piece, almost as a cliche, would be at the
top of the list. You know, oh, Middy's piece. So yes,
(06:45):
everyone tries, everyone fails. I actually knew someone who had
worked in the State Department for decades and he said,
the one thing you always have to remember at Middle
East piece is everyone tries, meaning every administration tries and
everyone fails. And that was the cynicism that forty plus
years of trying some kind of a deal. Yes, I
(07:06):
mean stretching back to the Reagan era and the US
intervention in Lebanon and before that, I mean, I don't
even know where you want to start. This basically the
World War two era they've been trying to get piece
of the re least has been unachievable. Trump is closer
to that goal now than any administration before him. Clay,
you mentioned you went and visited Israel. You went to
Hostage Square. You know, people are rightly in exaltation. They
(07:31):
are jubilant over the return of twenty of these hostages.
This has been something that the entirety of the Israeli people,
the Jewish people, Americans, allies of Israel, have been waiting for.
But I have to say, the sense of accomplishment here
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for anyone who has been focused on this region for
a long time, the sense of accomplishment almost feels surreal
that this is the time that Hamas has accepted truly
a battlefield defeat with conditions that are supposed to get
rid of Hamas period. This honestly evil entity that has
(08:13):
be deviled the region for as long as you and
I have been alive. They are now going to be
under agreement, push out of leadership. This is an end
of an era of terrorism that I think is possible
to achieve now in a way it hadn't been before.
But Mini's piece was where I started in college looking
(08:34):
into the Middle East issue as a realm of study. Clay,
this has been the thing. This has been the durable,
unfortunately challenge for diplomacy and for policy in the region.
And there has never been a day of greater hope
and promise than this one. And there has never been
a president who has achieved more so far than this one.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
And how did he do it?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
I think there are going to be a lot of
books written about for generations to come if hopefully we
can have a lasting piece that continues to flourish in
the Middle East. I think it's by focusing on fillmaking
over religion. And some people out there are going to say, Okay,
what do you mean by that, Clay. I think Trump's
unique genius here was he has a great relationship with
(09:23):
a lot of the Arab leaders, which is based on
the foundation of we want to build new things business,
we want to create new opportunities through capitalism, and Trump
has those relationships. I think Jared Kushner or Steve Wikoff,
all of those guys are deal makers. They're primarily real
estate guys that have put together big deals elsewhere, and
(09:46):
they basically looked at Midy's peace, not through the prism
of always religion, not through the prism of what I
would say all of the sort of Swarthmore Faculty Lounge
animal list on the Democrat Party side would have attempted,
but through Okay, let's find a commonality.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
We like to make money, we like to build things.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
That's an agreement, that's a relationship that's very positive. And
upon that foundation of capitalism and on building new things,
let's create a durable, hopefully and lasting peace on that.
And so I think they started with that commonality and
then work towards the ultimate conclusion here, which is Hamas
(10:30):
has to be eradicated.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
Buck I saw somebody share a tweet.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
I thought it was great, And there may be multiple
people who've made this argument, but essentially, the only hostages
Hamas has left now are the people of Gaza, and
they have to be allowed to have freedom inside of Gaza.
And this is where now the management of this is
going to be so important, because you have other Arab
leaders who are saying enough already, we don't want to
(10:55):
fight forever with Israel. Let's just build a foundation of
peace and prosperity that all can benefit from. There is
a form of rationality and realism that I think has
taken root, partly based on the relationships of Trump, Jared Kushner,
Steve Wikoff and everybody out there who said, this is
not an intractable problem that can never be solved. Let's
(11:18):
start with the foundation of mutual benefit through commerce. And
I think that's the way Trump has approached this and
had a great deal of success. And they tell me
cut thirteen goes with this if we want to play
cut thirteen.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
From October seventh until this week, Israel has been a
nation at war, enduring burdens that only a proud and
faithful people could withstand. It was a very tough period
of time for so many families across this land. It
has been years since you've known a single day of
true peace. But now, at lasts, not only for Israelis,
(11:57):
but also for Palestinians and for many others, the long
and painful nightmare is finally over. And as the dust settles,
the smoke phades, the debris is removed, and the ashes
cleaned from the air. The day that breaks on a
region transformed, and a beautiful and much brighter future appear
(12:21):
suddenly within your reach.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Clay. I've had so many people come up to me recently, yes,
but also stretching back over many months, particularly this year
in twenty twenty five, to say thank you to you,
to me for this show, for standing with Israel and
maintaining a moral clarity on what had happened here starting
(12:47):
on October seventh, all the way through two years of war,
when some people, even on the right, some people that
I personally like and have respected their work in the past,
I think, began to see this through the wrong lens,
perhaps began to lose faith in what is a very
(13:08):
clear issue of right and wrong. What is really a
moral war, a just war that has been fought here.
And I've had many people, and even in recent days
that's why I'm thinking about it, come up and say
thank you for what you have been willing to do
and say on the show, because it has been a
tremendously emotionally taxing two years for a lot of American Jews,
(13:34):
for a lot of Americans period who have been observing
this and have been hoping that this conflict would come
to an end, but also maintaining that there has never
been a moral equivalency between the Israeli people between the
IDF and Hamas. And there were a lot of efforts,
a lot of efforts in the media by Democrats and
(13:55):
by leftists in this country to conflate those two, to
confuse the America in public. And now here we are
Donald Trump was never confused. And we see that his
administration saw this with the clarity necessary to bring it
to a just conclusion or the best conclusion we could
hope for under the circumstances.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Yeah, and I'll echo that and just leave you all
with a question as we finish the opening segment.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Here, where are all the ceasefire now?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
People celebrating now that they have a ceasefire in the
Middle East?
Speaker 5 (14:29):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (14:29):
For years, college campuses all over American streets, all over
global streets, people marched in the streets chanting ceasefire.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Now, wouldn't you expect, Buck, if those people.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Were honest about their motivations, that they would all be
out in the streets celebrating. Instead, they're not, because for them,
this is not about peace. It's about hating Israel and
hating Jews, the elon Omhers of the world. They certainly
aren't saying very much about Trump bringing peace to the
Middle East because they don't want peace, they want Israel
(15:02):
eradicated from the Middle East. We'll talk about this some more,
but I want to tell you all eyes on Israel
and the Middle East today the return of twenty hostages
who've been kept in captivity for more than seven hundred
and thirty five days. I hope you watch some of
those reunions with the family. So many moving stories. Israel's
been under near constant assault for the past two years,
(15:24):
since the terror attack of October seventh, twenty twenty three,
and today is one of the proudest days that the
country of Israel has ever had. And I'm not sure
that the relationship between Israel and the United States has
ever been stronger. If you watched Trump's speech today, if
you saw the extreme popularity for President Trump throughout Israel.
(15:46):
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Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. Buckle We
come back. I want to get your take on whether
Democrats are going to abandon this idea that Donald Trump
(16:57):
is Adolf Hitler, given the fact that that he is
actually the most popular American politician probably in the history
of Israel existing as a country.
Speaker 4 (17:08):
And what does this look like for Democrats?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
As Trump signs the Gaza Peace Agreement in Egypt, and
as the entire world takes note and is calling him
the peacemaker in chief, how small do Democrats look for
shutting down the government back here in the United States?
Like this is a tough spot for them, not only
politically but also morally well.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
One of the fun things that's happening right now is
Trump's win here is so big and so obvious that
even derange Trump haters, I mean the Looney Tunes, I'm
one of the ones that say he's Hitler Clayer having
to say this is pretty good. It's pretty good job.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
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Speaker 1 (18:55):
Welcome back in to Clay and Buck. It is Columbus Day, everybody.
It's a huge day of celebration for Made's peace. We're
gonna get back into that in a second, but I
don't want to forget because Columbus is a hero in
this house. Play Columbus, as Tony Soprano explained to us
so eloquently many years ago, he's a hero in his house,
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and he is for what he accomplished in discovering the
new world and overcoming the opposition of really a very
a stone age people was what he came upon. And
things got a little rough, as they tend to in conquests.
I'm not saying it didn't, but here we are now
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in a better place as a civilization. So that's good
news for everybody and the world in communication with each
other as a result of Columbus. All right, So I'm
just saying Columbus pretty amazing stuff, and maybe we could
have some conversation here later on the show about what
the world was like early. But let's get back into
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Trump and the massive Mid East peace deal. Let's get
into where things stand right now with all of this.
Trump is speaking, by the way, we'll bring you some
of that audio momentarily. But here I thought this was
really interesting. Uh CNN's Clarissa Ward saying Trump is possibly
even more popular in Israel than he is in America.
(20:25):
Right now, play cut four.
Speaker 6 (20:26):
They have been cheering like crazy from the moment that
air Force one was first spotted making its descent over
Tel Aviv landing at bengur And Airport, to the moment
where the door of air Force one opened and President
Trump then began to make his way down the steps
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of the aircraft. You heard the whole crowd here started
to erupt into chairs of thank you Trump, thank you Trump.
And I have to say everywhere you go here the
posters of Trump. We have seen people who have made
all the Fox dedicated to Trumps. Fair to say that
(21:09):
President Trump is possibly even more popular here that he
is in the United States.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Clay could join to just give you some of the
some of the highlights here from some of these folks,
because well, as you've been saying all along, I know
you want to jump in on this point because it's
an important one. It's bizarre for the state of Israel,
home to the Jewish people, or you know, the homeland
of the Jewish people. Bizarre that he is so that
(21:41):
Donald Trump is so beloved, and yet there are people
here who say that he is Hilarian. That's quite strange.
I agree with you.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Yeah, And when I was over there in December, I
remember having conversation with people and they said, look, if
Israel was an American state, Israel would vote for President
Trump more than Wyoming did, more than Mississippi did, more
than West Virginia did, Tennessee Alabama, wherever Trump is his
(22:11):
most popular in the United States, if Israel were our
fifty first state, they would vote for Trump more. And
so I wonder as I watched that Clarissa Ward report,
which I actually think underplays it because she says he's
probably more popular in Israel.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
He's definitely more popular in Israel than he is in
the United States.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
What do all those CNN viewers who have been told
that he is Hitler, what do they think when they
hear Clarissa Ward saying the guy is more popular among
Jews than any American has ever been. Like, it's just
the cognitive dissonance has to be off the charts.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
The advantage of being delusional is you never have to
be accountable, something I discussed in my upcoming book, Man's
Good Praise in January. Thank you, thank you. But you
never have to go back and actually look at what
you were saying, what you were thinking, what reality is.
Now they'll tell themselves, well, even Hitler can get lucky,
you knowlves whatever crazy thing they have to uh to
(23:12):
explain why they have said that Donald Trump is Hitler,
which is it's insane on its own, an insane statement.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
And actually, as we have been saying for a decade,
but this is their talking point, and I do think
it is hard for a talking point to be more
publicly refuted. I think we have met Benjamin NETANYAHUO, let's
just go ahead and put this out there, saying, Israel's
never loved an American politician more. Here is net Yahoo
in the Kanessa just a little bit earlier today.
Speaker 7 (23:42):
Thank you for withdrawing from the disastrous Iron Multier deal.
Thank you, for supporting Operation Rising Line, and you for
your bold decision to launch Operation Midnight Hammer Boy, is
that you gotta hear this? This is the most fitting
(24:04):
name ever named for a military operation because a little
after midnight you really hammered them. My friends, this is
only a partialist, but it's enough to affirm what I've
said time and again. Donald Trump is the greatest friend
that the State of Visul has ever had in the
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White House.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
I mean that speaks pretty full full force on what
the reality is here of Donald Trump as a president
and also as an ally of State of Israel and
Jewish people. And now something else that I want to
address here, Clay, because and I understand this and all
the GAT veterans listening veterans of a rock Afghanistan and
the other counter terrorism counter g hottest military operations of
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the last twenty four years or so and beyond, but
particularly the post nine to eleven era. A Middle East
like what we are seeing right now, with the worst
players in the worst position they have been in in
living memory, is the best possible future for the US
(25:14):
because it means that there's not even going to be
or there won't even be a need for Hey, we're
not fighting that war. Hey, we're not putting troops on
the ground in that place. It is America first to
have a peaceful Middle East that we don't even have
to think about or worry about. That we can just
get oil and other things from in trade, and we
can visit countries that we want to visit safely as
(25:36):
American citizens, and that it doesn't have to be this
royling healthscape constantly. That's a good thing for this country.
It's a good thing for America, even if you are
a staunch non interventionist. Isn't it great to never even
have to think about that possibility going forward now? That
is contingent on Hamas being removed from leadership, that's contingent
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on none of these terrorists groups resurging. I know, you
have a former al Qaeda guy running Syria. There are
still problems and risks, but there's a better realistic possibility
Clay for a durable framework of peaceful coexistence in the
Middle East now than at any time in my lifetime.
And I've been following this, I mean, I've been studying
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this since I was a teenager in high school. So
we're going back thirty years.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Yeah, and for the America First people out there. It's
really hard for America to be first without affordable oil
and gas, and the relationship between Trump and the Saudis
has ensured that oil is free flowing and that we're
able to effectively run commerce here in the United States.
(26:46):
We can't be held hostage by Petro dictators. This makes
that much less likely, which makes America stronger, which Trump understands.
I also think there's another little angle here worth pointing out.
You and I were right about the necessity of striking
Iran that was considered to be controversial five six months ago.
Whenever it happened. I don't think Hamas would have agreed
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to this deal if Trump hadn't shown them the hard
fist of American power. And a lot of you out
there who are on to understand people on the left.
They want to claim that peace needs to happen. Can't
have peace without strength. You can't have peace without somebody
knowing that you could beat their ass if you needed to.
(27:28):
And Israel basically wiping out Iran in twelve days with
the assistance of the United States, I think it was
very eye opening for people in the Middle East because
Iran's entire leadership has based its existence on We're going
to wipe Israel off the earth. We are going to
go to war with America and we're going to win.
That's what their leadership has been telling the people of
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Iran all throughout the Persian Empire.
Speaker 4 (27:53):
And what happened in twelve days.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
They were begging for mercy, and if the United States
had so does the Ayah Toolah would have been overthrown.
We chose not to do that, but everybody in the
Middle East saw that power, saw that strength, and I
think the reverberations of that power and strength is what
helped to lead Hamas to the willingness to finally give
the hostages back and effectively seed control of Gaza to
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a larger Arab peace communities. Now there's lots of details
to be worked out. Unfortunately, there's always going to be
terrorists who want to attack Israel in the Holy Land.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
That's not going to go away.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
But I think if you look at Hesball in the North,
I think, if you look at what's happened to Iran,
I think if you look at what's happened to all
of the proxies funded by Iran in the wake of
October seventh, they have been largely neutered and wiped out.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
And speaking of neuter some of Trump's biggest critics having
to come forward, and how can you talk about this
in a negative way? You would sound even crazier than usual.
On MSNBC, as I said, Clay Midi's piece has been
the thing that people have been striving for an administrations
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for our entire lives, quite honestly and unsuccessfully correct. And
I understand that there's still a lot of clock, so
to speak, left here. We're talking about an indeterminate future
and things can change, but this is the first time
that it has been, like I said, a realistic framework
of peaceful coexistence for Israelist neighbors, and also with Iran
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now defanged, the broader Middle East is looking better than
it has and the willingness of the Saudis and the
Gulf States to uh to be constructive with international relations
in the Middle East. Here, it is massive the implications
of all of this. Meanwhile, over at MSNBC, their favorite
historian John Meacham, who has said that Trump is a
(29:50):
threat to democracy. This is an existential threat. I mean,
he's along with the others, said some of the craziest
things you'll hear anyone say on MSNBC about Trump. He
even he has had to be like, you know what,
it's a pretty good day for Trump. Play seven.
Speaker 8 (30:05):
It's a terrific day for the hostage families. It's a
terrific day for President Trump for our national interests. You're right,
we don't know how the story ends, but stories are
made up of chapters.
Speaker 4 (30:18):
But we should make no mistake about this.
Speaker 8 (30:21):
This is a victory for President Trump and for those
who wish that we can govern ourselves at home and
around the world, not simply by brute force, but by
ideas and civilized norms.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
This is a I give credit to meet him. I
want to see who's been Biden's best buddy, who tried
to tell Biden, hey, you're transformative president, you can be FDR.
A lot of these guys who are historians, I believe,
are start are going to start to recognize that they've
been on the wrong side of history, and that historians
(31:02):
are good at analyzing history fifty or one hundred years
after it happens in retrospect, not always great at analyzing
history in real time.
Speaker 4 (31:10):
Remember that.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
More on Michael Beschlos said that if Trump won, people
would be lined up with firing squads, and you know,
there wouldn't be history in the future. I wonder when
he's waking up now. Again, if you're a rational person,
at some point in time, you have to acknowledge all
of the evidence. And I understand there's thirty five percent
of America that's so brain dead that they wouldn't you know,
(31:33):
if Trump made everybody a billionaire and peace reign throughout
the world, they would still find something wrong with it.
So there's about thirty five percent of the population that
are unpersuadable. Their brains are broken by Trump derangement syndrome.
But I do think there's fifteen or twenty percent of
people out there that are still sitting around that are
(31:55):
having a hard time reconciling what they've been told for
the past decade by the legacy media and what they're
now seeing play out on their television screens. And I
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Speaker 1 (33:16):
Welcome back in to Clay and Buck. Got a lot
of calls coming in here and want to get to
your talk backs as well. Look, it's a great day
for Trump. Great Jay, for the Middle East, for Israel,
for the world, for the family of the hostages who
have been returned. It's just it's a privilege to have
a lot of good news to share with all of you.
(33:37):
You know, I feel like so much of the news
business is diving into challenges, problems, occasionally disasters and tragedies.
This time around, we can actually say that the main
news of the day is encouraging, is joyful and promising
for the future. But we still don't know who's going
(33:58):
to win the Virginia or New Jersey governor's races. So
let's not get too crazy. Let's not get too crazy
over here.
Speaker 4 (34:04):
And the New York City mayor's race.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
I mean, there's always going to be fights for freedom
to continue for the rest of our lives and beyond.
But it is important, I think what you said, to
recognize when great things happen, and when arguments we made
on this show and that all of us helped to
make happen.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
This is what I voted for.
Speaker 3 (34:24):
I voted for Middle East peace, and I believe Trump
got it done. Kamala would have never ever been capable
of getting this deal done. I think this is a real,
tangible result already of many different things in the last
ten months of the fact that Barack Obama was right.
Elections do have consequences, and thankfully, so far those consequences
(34:45):
have mostly been phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
Let's take some calls here.
Speaker 5 (34:49):
We have.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
We have Mike in West Palm Beach, Florida. What's going on, Mike, No, Hi, Hi, guys, buck.
Speaker 5 (34:57):
As I mentioned to the screener, I'm a Miami Beach boy,
and I hope you're enjoying living.
Speaker 4 (35:02):
Down there and fabulous.
Speaker 5 (35:04):
I grew up being Jewish and liberal, and I made
my journey over back at right after nine to eleven.
I want to mention a couple of things real quick
for your commentary from both you guys. Number one is
I want to echo what you've heard on the street
book thanking both of you for what you've done here
in terms of supporting Israel. And I do want to
(35:25):
say that the moral clarity issue is one as a
Jewish American in terms of some of what's going on
on the right is of concern to me. My hope
is that through your efforts and perhaps what Trump has
accomplished here in the last few months, that some of
those voices will see the light, so to speak.
Speaker 7 (35:46):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (35:48):
As you know, currently going on in Gaza, the Maas
is killing people in the street. I imagine that's going
to continue to go on. One of the questions I'd
like you guys to address is how is that going
to be done with certainly not with American troops.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
A very peace.
Speaker 4 (36:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (36:11):
I was just going to say, there's a peace group
that has been put together being led by many different
Arab countries, of which the United States will be a
part of, that is designed to be a coalition of
both Arab, Christian and Jewish people to try to protect
the people of Gaza. It's a major issue going forward.
What he said first part, Buck, I think is right.
There are a lot of people on the left who
(36:32):
have lost their way when it comes to Israel and
good and evil, But there are a lot of people
on the right who did too. It's important to acknowledge
that good and evil is real and that Israel has
been standing on the side of good peace throughout the
Middle East.
Speaker 4 (36:46):
What a day for President Ruth
Speaker 1 (36:48):
Travis and Buck Sexton on the front lines of truth
Welcome everybody to the Monday edition of the Clay Travis
and Buck Sexton Show. And it's a big one. A
lot of celebration, a lot of news. Much to discuss
with all of you. All twenty remaining hostages, returns of
the hostages who could have been returned alive. They have
(00:20):
been returned to Israel from Gaza. All twenty remitting hostages
alive in Gaza have been returned to Israel. Is the headline.
A lot of celebration on the streets, the end of
that war, the return of twenty hostages still alive. You've
also got the exchange of a couple thousand Palestinian detainees
(00:43):
as part of this process. Trump is in Egypt. He
has been pushing for not just discussions about this deal now,
but also a broader, permanent Mid East peace. He says,
Phase two of the peace deal has begun. We have
a tremendous amount to look at now, both in celebration
(01:05):
and also in look ahead. Here is President Trump. This
is cut ten, addressing Israel's knesse It, their legislative body.
This has cut ten. Listen what the President had to say.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
We gather in a day of profound joy of soaring hope,
of renewed faith and bubble. A day to give our
deepest thanks to the almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
(01:54):
After two harrowing years and darkness and captivity, twenty courageous
hostages are returning to the glorious embrace of their families.
And it is glorious. Twenty eight more precious loved ones
are coming home at last to rest in this sacred
soil for all of time, and after so many years
(02:19):
of unceasing war and endless danger. Today the skies are calm,
the guns are silent, the sirens are still, and the
sun rises on a holy land that is finally at peace,
a land and a region that will live God willing
in peace for all eternity.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
Clay, it is just a momentous, a momentous occasion, a
huge day, massive wind for the Trump administration or humanity. Well,
the first time in my lifetime people are talking about
peace in the Middle East as truly achievable after this
massive agreement has gone into play.
Speaker 3 (03:06):
I think it is one of the greatest days of
many great days in the Trump administrations over.
Speaker 4 (03:13):
The past decade.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I had so many thoughts as I watched the hostages
come back, and I know many of you did as well.
I think you can start with the American side, which
is they told us for a decade that Trump was Hitler,
and now Trump is the most popular politician in the
history of America in Israel, probably a pretty significant sign
(03:42):
that that is a major, major lie that all of
us knew was being told. But I think even for
the people who've been lying about that for a decade,
it's going to become very difficult to do it going forward.
The response that President Trump got in the Knesset was
actually better than the response that he got in the
(04:03):
State of the Union in the House of Representatives Chamber.
Speaker 4 (04:05):
I think that's significant.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
And for a big picture take when we went to
Israel in December, producer Ali Andrew on our team and me.
We got off the planes buck we were some of
the only foreigners in Israel, and you saw these hostage
placards everywhere in Tel Aviv airport. For the first time
(04:30):
in two years, they've been taken down. The hostages have
come home. We went to Tel Aviv Hostage Square they
called it, where they had nightly protests to bring back
the hostages. I saw videos of pandemonium breaking out as
all of the hostages, the twenty remaining hostages that are alive,
(04:51):
came back to Israel and met their families. And for
all of you out there that are fortunate enough to
be parents or grandparents, can you imagine the hell of
living with your loved ones, your kids, your grandkids, being
held hostage by Hamas for two straight years and then
suddenly you get to see them in the flesh back Now.
Unfortunately many of those hostages were killed by Jimas, but
(05:13):
for the ones who are still alive, it is a
fitting cornerstone to what we hope is a foundation of
peace that's being built there. And Buck, on top of
everything else, I just look at this and it really
does feel like Trump two point zero is going to
(05:34):
be the most transformative presidency of the twenty first century
by far, and maybe the most transformative presidency since Ronald Reagan.
For those of us out there who have been alive
for the past several generations, Trump is now competing not
to me Buck in the annals of the American presidency
and where he ranks, but in the annals of global politics,
(05:58):
whether it's Churchill, whether it's Reagan people who were seismic
historical forces for freedom and good. And for those of
us out there who have been Trump supporters, this is
a day of validation that our judgment was sound and
we picked the right guy to be leading America out
of a place of darkness into a place of light.
(06:19):
That's kind of my big thoughts as I watched all
of this take place this morning.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Buck, if you were to lay out in advance of
an administration, what are the great things that could be
achieved that have so far been unachievable for previous administrations,
Middy's piece, almost as a cliche, would be at the
top of the list. You know, oh, Middy's piece. So yes,
(06:45):
everyone tries, everyone fails. I actually knew someone who had
worked in the State Department for decades and he said,
the one thing you always have to remember at Middle
East piece is everyone tries, meaning every administration tries and
everyone fails. And that was the cynicism that forty plus
years of trying some kind of a deal. Yes, I
(07:06):
mean stretching back to the Reagan era and the US
intervention in Lebanon and before that, I mean, I don't
even know where you want to start. This basically the
World War two era they've been trying to get piece
of the re least has been unachievable. Trump is closer
to that goal now than any administration before him. Clay,
you mentioned you went and visited Israel. You went to
Hostage Square. You know, people are rightly in exaltation. They
(07:31):
are jubilant over the return of twenty of these hostages.
This has been something that the entirety of the Israeli people,
the Jewish people, Americans, allies of Israel, have been waiting for.
But I have to say, the sense of accomplishment here
(07:51):
for anyone who has been focused on this region for
a long time, the sense of accomplishment almost feels surreal
that this is the time that Hamas has accepted truly
a battlefield defeat with conditions that are supposed to get
rid of Hamas period. This honestly evil entity that has
(08:13):
be deviled the region for as long as you and
I have been alive. They are now going to be
under agreement, push out of leadership. This is an end
of an era of terrorism that I think is possible
to achieve now in a way it hadn't been before.
But Mini's piece was where I started in college looking
(08:34):
into the Middle East issue as a realm of study. Clay,
this has been the thing. This has been the durable,
unfortunately challenge for diplomacy and for policy in the region.
And there has never been a day of greater hope
and promise than this one. And there has never been
a president who has achieved more so far than this one.
Speaker 4 (09:00):
And how did he do it?
Speaker 3 (09:01):
I think there are going to be a lot of
books written about for generations to come if hopefully we
can have a lasting piece that continues to flourish in
the Middle East. I think it's by focusing on fillmaking
over religion. And some people out there are going to say, Okay,
what do you mean by that, Clay. I think Trump's
unique genius here was he has a great relationship with
(09:23):
a lot of the Arab leaders, which is based on
the foundation of we want to build new things business,
we want to create new opportunities through capitalism, and Trump
has those relationships. I think Jared Kushner or Steve Wikoff,
all of those guys are deal makers. They're primarily real
estate guys that have put together big deals elsewhere, and
(09:46):
they basically looked at Midy's peace, not through the prism
of always religion, not through the prism of what I
would say all of the sort of Swarthmore Faculty Lounge
animal list on the Democrat Party side would have attempted,
but through Okay, let's find a commonality.
Speaker 4 (10:05):
We like to make money, we like to build things.
Speaker 3 (10:08):
That's an agreement, that's a relationship that's very positive. And
upon that foundation of capitalism and on building new things,
let's create a durable, hopefully and lasting peace on that.
And so I think they started with that commonality and
then work towards the ultimate conclusion here, which is Hamas
(10:30):
has to be eradicated.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
Buck I saw somebody share a tweet.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
I thought it was great, And there may be multiple
people who've made this argument, but essentially, the only hostages
Hamas has left now are the people of Gaza, and
they have to be allowed to have freedom inside of Gaza.
And this is where now the management of this is
going to be so important, because you have other Arab
leaders who are saying enough already, we don't want to
(10:55):
fight forever with Israel. Let's just build a foundation of
peace and prosperity that all can benefit from. There is
a form of rationality and realism that I think has
taken root, partly based on the relationships of Trump, Jared Kushner,
Steve Wikoff and everybody out there who said, this is
not an intractable problem that can never be solved. Let's
(11:18):
start with the foundation of mutual benefit through commerce. And
I think that's the way Trump has approached this and
had a great deal of success. And they tell me
cut thirteen goes with this if we want to play
cut thirteen.
Speaker 2 (11:31):
From October seventh until this week, Israel has been a
nation at war, enduring burdens that only a proud and
faithful people could withstand. It was a very tough period
of time for so many families across this land. It
has been years since you've known a single day of
true peace. But now, at lasts, not only for Israelis,
(11:57):
but also for Palestinians and for many others, the long
and painful nightmare is finally over. And as the dust settles,
the smoke phades, the debris is removed, and the ashes
cleaned from the air. The day that breaks on a
region transformed, and a beautiful and much brighter future appear
(12:21):
suddenly within your reach.
Speaker 1 (12:25):
Clay. I've had so many people come up to me recently, yes,
but also stretching back over many months, particularly this year
in twenty twenty five, to say thank you to you,
to me for this show, for standing with Israel and
maintaining a moral clarity on what had happened here starting
(12:47):
on October seventh, all the way through two years of war,
when some people, even on the right, some people that
I personally like and have respected their work in the past,
I think, began to see this through the wrong lens,
perhaps began to lose faith in what is a very
(13:08):
clear issue of right and wrong. What is really a
moral war, a just war that has been fought here.
And I've had many people, and even in recent days
that's why I'm thinking about it, come up and say
thank you for what you have been willing to do
and say on the show, because it has been a
tremendously emotionally taxing two years for a lot of American Jews,
(13:34):
for a lot of Americans period who have been observing
this and have been hoping that this conflict would come
to an end, but also maintaining that there has never
been a moral equivalency between the Israeli people between the
IDF and Hamas. And there were a lot of efforts,
a lot of efforts in the media by Democrats and
(13:55):
by leftists in this country to conflate those two, to
confuse the America in public. And now here we are
Donald Trump was never confused. And we see that his
administration saw this with the clarity necessary to bring it
to a just conclusion or the best conclusion we could
hope for under the circumstances.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
Yeah, and I'll echo that and just leave you all
with a question as we finish the opening segment.
Speaker 4 (14:20):
Here, where are all the ceasefire now?
Speaker 3 (14:23):
People celebrating now that they have a ceasefire in the
Middle East?
Speaker 5 (14:29):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (14:29):
For years, college campuses all over American streets, all over
global streets, people marched in the streets chanting ceasefire.
Speaker 4 (14:38):
Now, wouldn't you expect, Buck, if those people.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Were honest about their motivations, that they would all be
out in the streets celebrating. Instead, they're not, because for them,
this is not about peace. It's about hating Israel and
hating Jews, the elon Omhers of the world. They certainly
aren't saying very much about Trump bringing peace to the
Middle East because they don't want peace, they want Israel
(15:02):
eradicated from the Middle East. We'll talk about this some more,
but I want to tell you all eyes on Israel
and the Middle East today the return of twenty hostages
who've been kept in captivity for more than seven hundred
and thirty five days. I hope you watch some of
those reunions with the family. So many moving stories. Israel's
been under near constant assault for the past two years,
(15:24):
since the terror attack of October seventh, twenty twenty three,
and today is one of the proudest days that the
country of Israel has ever had. And I'm not sure
that the relationship between Israel and the United States has
ever been stronger. If you watched Trump's speech today, if
you saw the extreme popularity for President Trump throughout Israel.
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Appreciate all of you hanging out with us. Buckle We
come back. I want to get your take on whether
Democrats are going to abandon this idea that Donald Trump
(16:57):
is Adolf Hitler, given the fact that that he is
actually the most popular American politician probably in the history
of Israel existing as a country.
Speaker 4 (17:08):
And what does this look like for Democrats?
Speaker 3 (17:11):
As Trump signs the Gaza Peace Agreement in Egypt, and
as the entire world takes note and is calling him
the peacemaker in chief, how small do Democrats look for
shutting down the government back here in the United States?
Like this is a tough spot for them, not only
politically but also morally well.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
One of the fun things that's happening right now is
Trump's win here is so big and so obvious that
even derange Trump haters, I mean the Looney Tunes, I'm
one of the ones that say he's Hitler Clayer having
to say this is pretty good. It's pretty good job.
Speaker 3 (17:52):
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Speaker 1 (18:55):
Welcome back in to Clay and Buck. It is Columbus Day, everybody.
It's a huge day of celebration for Made's peace. We're
gonna get back into that in a second, but I
don't want to forget because Columbus is a hero in
this house. Play Columbus, as Tony Soprano explained to us
so eloquently many years ago, he's a hero in his house,
(19:17):
and he is for what he accomplished in discovering the
new world and overcoming the opposition of really a very
a stone age people was what he came upon. And
things got a little rough, as they tend to in conquests.
I'm not saying it didn't, but here we are now
(19:39):
in a better place as a civilization. So that's good
news for everybody and the world in communication with each
other as a result of Columbus. All right, So I'm
just saying Columbus pretty amazing stuff, and maybe we could
have some conversation here later on the show about what
the world was like early. But let's get back into
(20:03):
Trump and the massive Mid East peace deal. Let's get
into where things stand right now with all of this.
Trump is speaking, by the way, we'll bring you some
of that audio momentarily. But here I thought this was
really interesting. Uh CNN's Clarissa Ward saying Trump is possibly
even more popular in Israel than he is in America.
(20:25):
Right now, play cut four.
Speaker 6 (20:26):
They have been cheering like crazy from the moment that
air Force one was first spotted making its descent over
Tel Aviv landing at bengur And Airport, to the moment
where the door of air Force one opened and President
Trump then began to make his way down the steps
(20:48):
of the aircraft. You heard the whole crowd here started
to erupt into chairs of thank you Trump, thank you Trump.
And I have to say everywhere you go here the
posters of Trump. We have seen people who have made
all the Fox dedicated to Trumps. Fair to say that
(21:09):
President Trump is possibly even more popular here that he
is in the United States.
Speaker 1 (21:18):
Clay could join to just give you some of the
some of the highlights here from some of these folks,
because well, as you've been saying all along, I know
you want to jump in on this point because it's
an important one. It's bizarre for the state of Israel,
home to the Jewish people, or you know, the homeland
of the Jewish people. Bizarre that he is so that
(21:41):
Donald Trump is so beloved, and yet there are people
here who say that he is Hilarian. That's quite strange.
I agree with you.
Speaker 3 (21:50):
Yeah, And when I was over there in December, I
remember having conversation with people and they said, look, if
Israel was an American state, Israel would vote for President
Trump more than Wyoming did, more than Mississippi did, more
than West Virginia did, Tennessee Alabama, wherever Trump is his
(22:11):
most popular in the United States, if Israel were our
fifty first state, they would vote for Trump more. And
so I wonder as I watched that Clarissa Ward report,
which I actually think underplays it because she says he's
probably more popular in Israel.
Speaker 4 (22:26):
He's definitely more popular in Israel than he is in
the United States.
Speaker 3 (22:30):
What do all those CNN viewers who have been told
that he is Hitler, what do they think when they
hear Clarissa Ward saying the guy is more popular among
Jews than any American has ever been. Like, it's just
the cognitive dissonance has to be off the charts.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
The advantage of being delusional is you never have to
be accountable, something I discussed in my upcoming book, Man's
Good Praise in January. Thank you, thank you. But you
never have to go back and actually look at what
you were saying, what you were thinking, what reality is.
Now they'll tell themselves, well, even Hitler can get lucky,
you knowlves whatever crazy thing they have to uh to
(23:12):
explain why they have said that Donald Trump is Hitler,
which is it's insane on its own, an insane statement.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
And actually, as we have been saying for a decade,
but this is their talking point, and I do think
it is hard for a talking point to be more
publicly refuted. I think we have met Benjamin NETANYAHUO, let's
just go ahead and put this out there, saying, Israel's
never loved an American politician more. Here is net Yahoo
in the Kanessa just a little bit earlier today.
Speaker 7 (23:42):
Thank you for withdrawing from the disastrous Iron Multier deal.
Thank you, for supporting Operation Rising Line, and you for
your bold decision to launch Operation Midnight Hammer Boy, is
that you gotta hear this? This is the most fitting
(24:04):
name ever named for a military operation because a little
after midnight you really hammered them. My friends, this is
only a partialist, but it's enough to affirm what I've
said time and again. Donald Trump is the greatest friend
that the State of Visul has ever had in the
(24:26):
White House.
Speaker 1 (24:28):
I mean that speaks pretty full full force on what
the reality is here of Donald Trump as a president
and also as an ally of State of Israel and
Jewish people. And now something else that I want to
address here, Clay, because and I understand this and all
the GAT veterans listening veterans of a rock Afghanistan and
the other counter terrorism counter g hottest military operations of
(24:52):
the last twenty four years or so and beyond, but
particularly the post nine to eleven era. A Middle East
like what we are seeing right now, with the worst
players in the worst position they have been in in
living memory, is the best possible future for the US
(25:14):
because it means that there's not even going to be
or there won't even be a need for Hey, we're
not fighting that war. Hey, we're not putting troops on
the ground in that place. It is America first to
have a peaceful Middle East that we don't even have
to think about or worry about. That we can just
get oil and other things from in trade, and we
can visit countries that we want to visit safely as
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American citizens, and that it doesn't have to be this
royling healthscape constantly. That's a good thing for this country.
It's a good thing for America, even if you are
a staunch non interventionist. Isn't it great to never even
have to think about that possibility going forward now? That
is contingent on Hamas being removed from leadership, that's contingent
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on none of these terrorists groups resurging. I know, you
have a former al Qaeda guy running Syria. There are
still problems and risks, but there's a better realistic possibility
Clay for a durable framework of peaceful coexistence in the
Middle East now than at any time in my lifetime.
And I've been following this, I mean, I've been studying
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this since I was a teenager in high school. So
we're going back thirty years.
Speaker 3 (26:25):
Yeah, and for the America First people out there. It's
really hard for America to be first without affordable oil
and gas, and the relationship between Trump and the Saudis
has ensured that oil is free flowing and that we're
able to effectively run commerce here in the United States.
(26:46):
We can't be held hostage by Petro dictators. This makes
that much less likely, which makes America stronger, which Trump understands.
I also think there's another little angle here worth pointing out.
You and I were right about the necessity of striking
Iran that was considered to be controversial five six months ago.
Whenever it happened. I don't think Hamas would have agreed
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to this deal if Trump hadn't shown them the hard
fist of American power. And a lot of you out
there who are on to understand people on the left.
They want to claim that peace needs to happen. Can't
have peace without strength. You can't have peace without somebody
knowing that you could beat their ass if you needed to.
(27:28):
And Israel basically wiping out Iran in twelve days with
the assistance of the United States, I think it was
very eye opening for people in the Middle East because
Iran's entire leadership has based its existence on We're going
to wipe Israel off the earth. We are going to
go to war with America and we're going to win.
That's what their leadership has been telling the people of
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Iran all throughout the Persian Empire.
Speaker 4 (27:53):
And what happened in twelve days.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
They were begging for mercy, and if the United States
had so does the Ayah Toolah would have been overthrown.
We chose not to do that, but everybody in the
Middle East saw that power, saw that strength, and I
think the reverberations of that power and strength is what
helped to lead Hamas to the willingness to finally give
the hostages back and effectively seed control of Gaza to
(28:19):
a larger Arab peace communities. Now there's lots of details
to be worked out. Unfortunately, there's always going to be
terrorists who want to attack Israel in the Holy Land.
Speaker 4 (28:27):
That's not going to go away.
Speaker 3 (28:29):
But I think if you look at Hesball in the North,
I think, if you look at what's happened to Iran,
I think if you look at what's happened to all
of the proxies funded by Iran in the wake of
October seventh, they have been largely neutered and wiped out.
Speaker 1 (28:43):
And speaking of neuter some of Trump's biggest critics having
to come forward, and how can you talk about this
in a negative way? You would sound even crazier than usual.
On MSNBC, as I said, Clay Midi's piece has been
the thing that people have been striving for an administrations
(29:04):
for our entire lives, quite honestly and unsuccessfully correct. And
I understand that there's still a lot of clock, so
to speak, left here. We're talking about an indeterminate future
and things can change, but this is the first time
that it has been, like I said, a realistic framework
of peaceful coexistence for Israelist neighbors, and also with Iran
(29:26):
now defanged, the broader Middle East is looking better than
it has and the willingness of the Saudis and the
Gulf States to uh to be constructive with international relations
in the Middle East. Here, it is massive the implications
of all of this. Meanwhile, over at MSNBC, their favorite
historian John Meacham, who has said that Trump is a
(29:50):
threat to democracy. This is an existential threat. I mean,
he's along with the others, said some of the craziest
things you'll hear anyone say on MSNBC about Trump. He
even he has had to be like, you know what,
it's a pretty good day for Trump. Play seven.
Speaker 8 (30:05):
It's a terrific day for the hostage families. It's a
terrific day for President Trump for our national interests. You're right,
we don't know how the story ends, but stories are
made up of chapters.
Speaker 4 (30:18):
But we should make no mistake about this.
Speaker 8 (30:21):
This is a victory for President Trump and for those
who wish that we can govern ourselves at home and
around the world, not simply by brute force, but by
ideas and civilized norms.
Speaker 3 (30:41):
This is a I give credit to meet him. I
want to see who's been Biden's best buddy, who tried
to tell Biden, hey, you're transformative president, you can be FDR.
A lot of these guys who are historians, I believe,
are start are going to start to recognize that they've
been on the wrong side of history, and that historians
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are good at analyzing history fifty or one hundred years
after it happens in retrospect, not always great at analyzing
history in real time.
Speaker 4 (31:10):
Remember that.
Speaker 3 (31:10):
More on Michael Beschlos said that if Trump won, people
would be lined up with firing squads, and you know,
there wouldn't be history in the future. I wonder when
he's waking up now. Again, if you're a rational person,
at some point in time, you have to acknowledge all
of the evidence. And I understand there's thirty five percent
of America that's so brain dead that they wouldn't you know,
(31:33):
if Trump made everybody a billionaire and peace reign throughout
the world, they would still find something wrong with it.
So there's about thirty five percent of the population that
are unpersuadable. Their brains are broken by Trump derangement syndrome.
But I do think there's fifteen or twenty percent of
people out there that are still sitting around that are
(31:55):
having a hard time reconciling what they've been told for
the past decade by the legacy media and what they're
now seeing play out on their television screens. And I
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Speaker 1 (33:16):
Welcome back in to Clay and Buck. Got a lot
of calls coming in here and want to get to
your talk backs as well. Look, it's a great day
for Trump. Great Jay, for the Middle East, for Israel,
for the world, for the family of the hostages who
have been returned. It's just it's a privilege to have
a lot of good news to share with all of you.
(33:37):
You know, I feel like so much of the news
business is diving into challenges, problems, occasionally disasters and tragedies.
This time around, we can actually say that the main
news of the day is encouraging, is joyful and promising
for the future. But we still don't know who's going
(33:58):
to win the Virginia or New Jersey governor's races. So
let's not get too crazy. Let's not get too crazy
over here.
Speaker 4 (34:04):
And the New York City mayor's race.
Speaker 3 (34:06):
I mean, there's always going to be fights for freedom
to continue for the rest of our lives and beyond.
But it is important, I think what you said, to
recognize when great things happen, and when arguments we made
on this show and that all of us helped to
make happen.
Speaker 4 (34:22):
This is what I voted for.
Speaker 3 (34:24):
I voted for Middle East peace, and I believe Trump
got it done. Kamala would have never ever been capable
of getting this deal done. I think this is a real,
tangible result already of many different things in the last
ten months of the fact that Barack Obama was right.
Elections do have consequences, and thankfully, so far those consequences
(34:45):
have mostly been phenomenal.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
Let's take some calls here.
Speaker 5 (34:49):
We have.
Speaker 1 (34:50):
We have Mike in West Palm Beach, Florida. What's going on, Mike, No, Hi, Hi, guys, buck.
Speaker 5 (34:57):
As I mentioned to the screener, I'm a Miami Beach boy,
and I hope you're enjoying living.
Speaker 4 (35:02):
Down there and fabulous.
Speaker 5 (35:04):
I grew up being Jewish and liberal, and I made
my journey over back at right after nine to eleven.
I want to mention a couple of things real quick
for your commentary from both you guys. Number one is
I want to echo what you've heard on the street
book thanking both of you for what you've done here
in terms of supporting Israel. And I do want to
(35:25):
say that the moral clarity issue is one as a
Jewish American in terms of some of what's going on
on the right is of concern to me. My hope
is that through your efforts and perhaps what Trump has
accomplished here in the last few months, that some of
those voices will see the light, so to speak.
Speaker 7 (35:46):
Thank you.
Speaker 5 (35:48):
As you know, currently going on in Gaza, the Maas
is killing people in the street. I imagine that's going
to continue to go on. One of the questions I'd
like you guys to address is how is that going
to be done with certainly not with American troops.
Speaker 1 (36:07):
A very peace.
Speaker 4 (36:10):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (36:11):
I was just going to say, there's a peace group
that has been put together being led by many different
Arab countries, of which the United States will be a
part of, that is designed to be a coalition of
both Arab, Christian and Jewish people to try to protect
the people of Gaza. It's a major issue going forward.
What he said first part, Buck, I think is right.
There are a lot of people on the left who
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have lost their way when it comes to Israel and
good and evil, But there are a lot of people
on the right who did too. It's important to acknowledge
that good and evil is real and that Israel has
been standing on the side of good peace throughout the
Middle East.
Speaker 4 (36:46):
What a day for President Ruth
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