Saagar Enjeti is a political journalist & commentator, cohost of Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar and The Realignment Podcast. He is exceptionally wellread, and the books he recommends are always fascinating and eyeopening. You can check out all the books he mentions in this episode here: https://lexfridman.com/saagarbooks'>https://lexfridman.com/saagarbooks
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OUTLINE:
0:00 Introduction
5:06 Why Trump won
10:07 Book recommendations
13:44 History of wokeism
21:13 History of ScotsIrish
27:51 Biden
31:54 FDR
33:55 George W Bush
36:18 LBJ
41:35 Cuban Missile Crisis
49:07 Immigration
1:21:06 DOGE
1:47:46 MAGA ideology
1:50:58 Bernie Sanders
1:59:20 Obama vs Trump
2:16:19 Nancy Pelosi
2:19:34 Kamala Harris
2:35:19 2020 Election
2:59:08 Sam Harris
3:10:15 UFOs
3:16:06 Future of the Republican Party
3:22:43 Future of the Democratic Party
3:30:41 Hope

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