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🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Hour 3 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers a powerful and wide-ranging discussion centered on national security, foreign policy, immigration, and cultural commentary, with a strong emphasis on current events involving President Donald Trump and Iran. Clay Travis opens the hour with breaking news: President Trump has issued a two-week ultimatum to Iran to return to the negotiating table, raising critical questions about the regime’s trustworthiness and long-term nuclear ambitions. Travis offers a detailed analysis of Iran’s strategic motivations, drawing parallels to North Korea’s nuclear deterrence and emphasizing the rationality behind tyrannical regimes seeking nuclear weapons to maintain power.
The conversation explores the geopolitical implications of Iran’s nuclear program, the risks of appeasement, and the potential for military intervention. Travis suggests that Israel, with U.S. air support, may need to take direct action against Iran’s nuclear facilities, including the possibility of targeting the Ayatollah. He argues that Iran’s leadership has proven untrustworthy for over four decades and that now, with Iran at its weakest, is the time for decisive action.
Guest Joey Jones, a decorated Marine Corps veteran and Fox News contributor, joins the show to discuss his new book, Behind the Badge: Answering the Call to Serve on America’s Home Front. Jones shares insights from first responders across the country and reflects on his own military service. He also weighs in on the Iran situation, emphasizing the importance of clear objectives in any military engagement and expressing confidence in President Trump’s strategic approach.
The hour also touches on domestic issues, including a Supreme Court ruling upholding Tennessee’s restrictions on gender transition procedures for minors. Travis and Jones discuss the implications of the ruling, highlighting the importance of parental responsibility and the dangers of irreversible medical decisions for children.
In a cultural segment, Travis reacts to Arnold Schwarzenegger’s recent comments on immigration, praising his analogy that immigrants should behave like respectful guests in America. The show also covers the growing popularity and controversy surrounding Caitlin Clark and the WNBA, with Jones noting the league’s increased visibility due to recent on-court drama.
Listeners from across the country call in and leave talkbacks, weighing in on topics ranging from Iran and college football tailgates to gender politics and international travel. The hour closes with a call to support the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews in their humanitarian efforts in Israel, following recent missile attacks.
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0:34.5 | Welcome back in final hour, Juneteenth edition of the program. I know most of you |
0:40.3 | are probably working as am I. We will have Joey Jones join us at the bottom of the hour. We |
0:46.6 | appreciate all of you hanging out with us as we are rolling through this Thursday edition of the |
0:52.9 | program. A lot of different stories out there. |
0:56.5 | In particular, we just hit you with the latest breaking news on Iran and the decisions |
1:02.5 | that President Trump must make. Via Caroline Levitt, he announced that he would give two weeks, |
1:09.7 | potentially, to Iran to come to the negotiating table. |
1:14.1 | That news just coming down in the last 30 minutes or so. |
1:17.6 | Here's my analysis in general of this, and Trump, obviously, for much of his life, has been a professional negotiator, |
1:25.2 | so I'm sure he is analyzing this in his own way as well. |
1:29.7 | How can you trust Iran in any way not to do what is in their best interests? |
1:38.6 | Let me explain what I mean by that. |
1:40.8 | Kim Jong-un has nuclear weapons in North Korea. |
1:44.5 | It would be far better if he did not have nuclear weapons in North Korea, |
1:48.1 | but his decision to get them, while he may be a crazy despot, was eminently rational. |
1:53.6 | And that decision was based on this. |
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