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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

Weekly Review With Clay and Buck - Hour 3 - Make NATO Great Again

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

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

4.3 • 11.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Hour 3 of The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show delivers a dynamic and in-depth discussion on major national security developments, foreign policy, and domestic political issues, with a strong focus on President Donald Trump's leadership and agenda. The hour opens with coverage of President Trump’s pivotal role at the NATO summit, where he continues to push allies to meet their defense spending commitments. The hosts highlight how Trump’s influence has reshaped NATO’s strategic posture, with European leaders even echoing his rhetoric, including a notable moment where the NATO chief jokingly referred to Trump as “daddy.” The conversation transitions into a critical analysis of a recent intelligence leak to CNN and The New York Times. Buck Sexton, leveraging his intelligence background, explains the dangers of leaking classified information, especially when it undermines national security and the president’s foreign policy. The hosts explore the challenges of identifying leakers, the political motivations behind such actions, and the broader implications for U.S. intelligence integrity. A major segment is dedicated to the aftermath of a successful U.S. military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The hosts dissect conflicting media narratives, with Tulsi Gabbard and Israeli intelligence confirming the strike’s effectiveness, while legacy media outlets allegedly downplay the success using selectively leaked intelligence. The discussion underscores President Trump’s decisive leadership in neutralizing threats from Iran and the importance of transparency in national defense outcomes. Senator Marsha Blackburn joins the show to provide updates on the progress of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” President Trump’s signature legislative initiative. She confirms that the bill, which includes the largest tax cut in American history, is on track to be signed by July 4th. Key provisions include making the 2017 tax cuts permanent, eliminating taxes on tips, and protecting Social Security from taxation. Blackburn also discusses her recent ICE ride-along, emphasizing the Trump administration’s commitment to deporting criminal illegal aliens and securing the border. The hour wraps with a lighter but still politically charged segment on Florida’s proposed “Alligator Alcatraz” detention facility in the Everglades, designed to house illegal immigrants in a secure, natural barrier environment. The hosts also touch on invasive species in Florida and debunk common myths—like the presence of flamingos in the state. Finally, the show briefly covers the latest developments in the high-profile Sean “Diddy” Combs trial, predicting a potential hung jury due to lack of consensus on the charges.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is an IHeart podcast.

0:04.1

Third hour of Clay and Buck kicks off right now, everybody.

0:07.8

Thank you so much for being here with us.

0:10.4

As we know, some big developments going on around the world and here at home.

0:15.2

President Trump overseas for a NATO summit and going through some of the more important things on the

0:24.0

national security front there. Of course, the president very much wants our NATO allies to meet

0:30.3

their financial contribution thresholds, which almost none of them.

0:38.2

I think a couple of them maybe have stepped it up, but very few of them were making

0:42.6

those kinds of contributions to their own defense, mind you.

0:46.5

This is about spending a portion of their GDP on their own ability to contribute to NATO and therefore to the defense of these

0:56.3

individual nations. And so that's a big part of this. But this was interesting. I think you're

1:04.1

going to see some memes about this one. At the Hague, Clay, in the Netherlands, this was clip six.

1:11.0

The NATO chief, do you see this?

1:14.1

Referred to Trump as Daddy.

1:17.1

Play six.

1:17.9

They fought like hell, and then they said, let's stop.

1:20.6

And they're going to build themselves.

1:22.0

And I really see it to stick in.

1:23.8

I mean, we may do papers on it, Marco.

1:25.8

Maybe we're going to do papers.

1:27.0

I don't even know if you need them.

1:28.7

They're not going to be fighting each other.

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