Hour 2 - Narco-Terrorism
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 11.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Hour 2 of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show delivers a packed lineup of breaking news, political analysis, and cultural commentary. The hour opens with an in-depth discussion on the Pentagon’s escalating war on drug cartels, featuring an exclusive interview with Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin. The Senator details the impact of 21 U.S. military strikes on Venezuelan narco-terrorist boats, explaining how these operations have disrupted fentanyl and cocaine supply chains, driven up street prices, and targeted cartel networks inside U.S. cities. He emphasizes the administration’s aggressive approach, including designating cartels as terrorist organizations and deploying DHS and DOT to dismantle distribution lines nationwide.
The conversation pivots to the Butler, Pennsylvania Trump assassination attempt revelations, where Clay and Buck press Senator Mullin on reports from Tucker Carlson and Miranda Devine alleging the shooter’s radicalization and violent online threats. Mullin voices skepticism about media-driven theories, stressing reliance on verified intelligence over speculation, while acknowledging the seriousness of politically motivated violence.
Next, the show dives into Rand Paul’s criticism of the legality of cartel strikes, prompting a fiery response from Senator Mullin, who defends the President’s constitutional authority and calls out Paul’s libertarian leanings. The segment also touches on college football culture as Mullen recounts attending the Alabama-Oklahoma game and reacts to news that Paul Finebaum may run for Senate in Alabama, praising citizens who step up for public service.
Clay and Buck then shift to Donald Trump’s latest remarks on affordability and inflation, highlighting his message that Democrats are weaponizing economic pain while Trump focuses on lowering prices and restoring prosperity. This leads to a candid discussion on cost-of-living challenges, illustrated by Clay’s $30 Subway meal anecdote, and broader concerns about tipping culture, inflationary pressures post-COVID, and America’s $37 trillion debt. The hosts explore how AI-driven productivity gains could reshape future pricing and economic stability.
The hour closes on a lighter note with a viral moment involving Kayleigh McEnany teasing Clay Travis for drinking Whispering Angel rosé at the Patriot Awards, sparking humorous banter about wine preferences, masculinity, and social etiquette.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.3 | Welcome, everybody. |
| 0:05.3 | Second hour of play on buck kicks off right now. |
| 0:08.5 | And over the weekend, the Pentagon conducted the 21st known strike on a drug trafficking boat. |
| 0:17.3 | This continuing on here, the war on drugs looking more like an actual war these days than any time in a long time. |
| 0:25.3 | Senator Mark Wayne Mullen joins us right now, |
| 0:28.9 | and I appreciate you joining, Senator. |
| 0:30.8 | Thank you for your time. |
| 0:32.7 | Absolutely. |
| 0:33.3 | Thanks for having me on. |
| 0:34.8 | So these strikes, there's a lot of questions that people are asking about them. |
| 0:39.9 | Some just want to know more. |
| 0:41.4 | Some obviously very much are opposing them in the media, including some Republicans, some Senate colleagues, |
| 0:45.9 | or at least one I can think of. |
| 0:48.1 | Let's talk about whether they're working. |
| 0:50.3 | What are they – what can we say about how effective these strikes are at this point do we not |
| 0:56.4 | know is there a drop in fentanyl importation via these boats uh you know because i think that's a big |
| 1:02.9 | part of of whether or not we can say that this is a program that the american people are |
| 1:08.1 | going to continue with yeah i think it's important for us to see the |
| 1:12.5 | big picture, and so I'll get to that in just a second, but let's talk about what your questions were. |
| 1:16.6 | Have we seen a drop in fentanyl? Have we seen a drop in cocaine trafficking? Absolutely. And the biggest |
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