Team 47 - Operation Absolute Resolve
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show
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4.3 • 11.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Clay and Buck dive into the fallout from the historic Delta Force raid in Venezuela, which captured Nicolás Maduro and killed 32 Cuban bodyguards once considered elite. They explore the strategic implications of Operation Absolute Resolve, framing it as a modern reaffirmation of the Monroe Doctrine and a bold move by President Trump to reassert U.S. dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The hosts discuss how this operation signals a shift in global power dynamics, undermining Chinese and Russian influence and exposing the weakness of authoritarian regimes like Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran.
The conversation also examines why Maduro’s vice president may now cooperate with the U.S., speculating on backchannel intelligence ties and the leverage America holds through oil production. Clay and Buck contrast Trump’s decisive leadership with past foreign policy failures, emphasizing lessons learned from Iraq and the importance of working with existing power structures rather than dismantling them. They argue that Trump’s approach could accelerate the collapse of socialism and communism in Latin America, likening this moment to the geopolitical realignment after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
An in-depth interview with David Rutherford (aka Rut) former Navy SEAL and host on the Clay & Buck Podcast Network. Rutherford calls the Maduro operation “one of the top five best ops ever,” detailing the complexity, flawless coordination, and elite performance of JSOC units, Delta Force, and the 160th SOAR pilots. He compares the raid’s scale and sophistication to the Osama bin Laden mission, arguing that this operation was even more impressive. Rutherford emphasizes its global implications, warning cartels and hostile regimes that America is “done playing games” and projecting power with precision. He predicts increased operational tempo against Mexican cartels and underscores how this mission reshapes global power dynamics.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.4 | The Team 47 podcast is sponsored by Good Ranchers, |
| 0:08.4 | making the American farm strong again. |
| 0:13.0 | Team 47 with Clay and Buck starts now. |
| 0:18.9 | The most daring special operations raid since the Bin Laden raid occurred over the weekend, |
| 0:28.4 | and this has now put Maduro into American custody. |
| 0:33.4 | We will give you the details of this operation. |
| 0:35.8 | We will analyze this. |
| 0:36.8 | The tactical success and the strategic implications are incredible. |
| 0:42.3 | An amazing work here, reportedly by Delta Force. |
| 0:47.7 | That's the unit that is getting their credit for this in the media, which they're tier |
| 0:53.5 | one, just like SEAL Team 6, incredible elite operators. |
| 0:57.5 | But a whole, all of the above approach from different units here involved in this. |
| 1:02.6 | We'll get into this. |
| 1:03.5 | Some other big stories I might add. |
| 1:04.9 | Tim Walz is not going to run for reelection in Minnesota, which comes on the heels of the massive, massive viral clay expose |
| 1:14.1 | of the scale, this multi-billion dollar, who knows how many billions, of overwhelmingly Somali |
| 1:22.4 | immigrant fraud in Minnesota, which is a big deal. |
| 1:27.2 | And we'll discuss that. We've also got the biggest one-year |
| 1:30.1 | drop in the national homicide rate, perhaps ever in 2025, which is something we should talk about |
| 1:35.7 | with the Trump administration. So we got a bunch of big stories to deal with. Oh, and Mom Donnie |
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