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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Hour 2 - Why Trump Won with People

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Daily News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, News

4.311.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Hour 2 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show dives deep into the political fallout of the Russiagate scandal, the media’s role in perpetuating misinformation, and the enduring political strength of President Donald Trump. Clay Travis opens the hour with personal anecdotes before launching into a powerful monologue comparing Trump’s 2016 election victory to Tom Brady’s first Super Bowl win—an unexpected upset that later proved to be the beginning of a legendary run. This analogy underscores the central theme: Trump’s underestimated political talent and the establishment’s refusal to accept his legitimacy.

The hour explores how Democrats, unable to comprehend Hillary Clinton’s loss, fueled the Russia collusion narrative. Clay argues that this disbelief birthed the Russiagate hoax, which he claims was orchestrated by the deep state, intelligence agencies, and mainstream media. He emphasizes that the Steele dossier and other allegations were part of a broader effort to delegitimize Trump’s presidency.

Listeners call in to weigh in on the origins of the Russia investigation, Hillary Clinton’s role, and the media’s complicity. One caller suggests that Clinton’s loss triggered a psychological spiral, while another highlights how the narrative was used to distract from Trump’s policy successes. Clay reinforces that Trump’s presidency—particularly the first six months—has delivered on key issues like the economy, border security, and crime reduction.

The discussion also touches on the Epstein files, with Clay warning conservatives not to fall into traps set by Democrats using right-wing criticisms to attack Trump. He urges listeners to focus on Trump’s intent and accomplishments rather than personal controversies, arguing that many of the attacks against him are politically motivated and lack substance.

Throughout the hour, Clay stresses the importance of recognizing Trump as a generational political force, comparing his impact to that of Ronald Reagan. He critiques the intelligence community’s political bias and calls for greater accountability and balance in government institutions.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:05.0

Welcome back in, hour number two, Clay Travis, Buck Sexton's show.

0:09.4

Appreciate all of you hanging out with us, rolling through the Friday edition of the show.

0:13.4

Buck and his lovely wife, Carrie, and their little baby boy are visiting with his dad for his dad's birthday. He will be back with me on Monday. They've taken

0:24.1

the first trip with the baby. He did not cry on the airplane, which is good for Buck, because at

0:29.3

some point we're going to have to pull back up the audio of Buck talking about how baby should

0:33.7

never cry on airplanes. I think it was like the first year that we were together before he was married, before he had

0:40.6

a kid of his own.

0:41.3

Now his baby has so far been very good on an airplane.

0:44.6

But I told him, I text.

0:46.6

I was like, dude, at some point, every one of my kids has thrown up on me on an airplane,

0:52.7

all three of them.

0:54.8

And at different times when they were young,

0:57.9

and I told him at some point, the wheels are going to come off,

1:02.5

and you're going to come on, you're going to tell me about it,

1:04.7

and I'm going to pull the audio of you talking about,

1:06.6

I don't know why the parents just don't stop that baby from crying.

1:09.7

Like, what's the deal?

1:11.3

Just tell the baby to stop crying.

1:12.8

So so far, baby boy Sexton has not cried on the airplane, but I'm telling you this is coming.

1:18.7

We've been talking about the fallout of Russia Gate.

1:22.6

Also, the continued discussion surrounding the Epstein files and everything going on there.

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