Hour 1 - Trump was Right on Trade
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 July 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Hour 1 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show kicks off with personal reflections before diving into a wide-ranging discussion on major political, economic, and cultural developments. Buck returns from a family trip to New York City, sharing anecdotes about his father's 78th birthday and a baptism, setting a personal tone before transitioning into the day’s top stories.
The hour’s central focus is on President Donald Trump’s economic and trade victories, including a landmark UK-US trade agreement announced alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and a massive EU-US trade deal. The hosts emphasize how these deals validate Trump’s long-standing “America First” trade policy and his strategic use of economic leverage. They highlight the record-breaking performance of the S&P 500 and Dow Jones, attributing the market’s rebound to Trump’s leadership and urging listeners to stay invested for long-term gains.
The segment also critiques mainstream media and political opponents, asserting that Trump’s economic foresight—especially on China—has been vindicated. The hosts contrast Trump’s success with the Biden administration’s failures, particularly on inflation, wage growth, and border security. They argue that Trump has delivered on his promises more effectively than any recent president.
A significant portion of the hour is devoted to a viral video of a violent mob assault in Cincinnati, which the hosts and Vice President JD Vance condemn as a brutal, racially charged attack. They criticize the mainstream media’s silence, suggesting a double standard in coverage based on the racial dynamics of the incident. The discussion calls for harsher penalties for mob violence, urging district attorneys to prioritize violent crime over nonviolent offenses.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.5 | Welcome in, everybody, to the Monday edition of the Clay Travis and Buck Sexton show. |
| 0:11.2 | Play held down the fort. |
| 0:13.3 | No keg parties, I'm told. |
| 0:15.0 | Probably well-behaved everything. |
| 0:16.9 | Very good while I was gone. |
| 0:18.8 | Clay, thank you for doing that. And I was in New York City. My dad's 78th birthday. There might have even been Clay a singing Trump card involved for his birthday. Not actual Trump, but it was pretty fun. Yes. Like, I've heard it's your birthday. I've heard it's your birthday. Anyway, so we had a good time up in New York City. And you know what? I still love New York. I'm not going to wear one of the t-shirts because I'm not a tourist ever there, even though I don't live there anymore. But I do love NYC. And I think it's, they're going to fight back on this mom-dani madness. We'll dive into all of that. |
| 0:55.8 | But yeah, it was very nice to spend some time with the family. |
| 0:58.8 | A little baby speed got baptized, which is very important, very important. |
| 1:02.5 | We were at a lovely Catholic church there with the family, got baptized, |
| 1:05.0 | so I appreciated the ability to do that over the weekend, bring him into the church. |
| 1:10.0 | And Clay, we got a lot of news. |
| 1:11.7 | The big thing, actually, all morning I was watching the real-time press conference, |
| 1:18.4 | the live press conference going on with Kear Starmor, |
| 1:21.5 | the UK Prime Minister and Donald Trump, |
| 1:25.7 | where they were announcing a UK, U.S. deal on trade, big trade deal, |
| 1:33.2 | legitimately huge. |
| 1:35.2 | And then also the EU has announced a huge trade deal. |
| 1:39.7 | Remember, the EU is actually the largest economy in the world. |
| 1:43.0 | Now, it's not a country, so we are still the number one country, but if you add all the EU together, it's the largest economy in the world now it's not a country so we are still |
| 1:45.2 | the number one country but if you add all the EU together it's the largest economy in the |
| 1:48.5 | world and so it's meaningful to say the least that these deals went through and clay before |
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