Saagar Enjeti is a political journalist & commentator, co-host of Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar and The Realignment Podcast. He is exceptionally well-read, and the books he recommends are always fascinating and eye-opening. You can check out all the books he mentions in this episode here: https://lexfridman.com/saagar-books

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OUTLINE:

(00:00 ) – Introduction

(09:47 ) – Why Trump won

(14:48 ) – Book recommendations

(18:24 ) – History of wokeism

(25:54 ) – History of Scots-Irish

(32:32 ) – Biden

(36:34 ) – FDR

(38:36 ) – George W Bush

(40:59 ) – LBJ

(46:15 ) – Cuban Missile Crisis

(53:48 ) – Immigration

(1:25:46 ) – DOGE

(1:52:27 ) – MAGA ideology

(1:55:39 ) – Bernie Sanders

(2:04:00 ) – Obama vs Trump

(2:21:00 ) – Nancy Pelosi

(2:24:14 ) – Kamala Harris

(2:40:00 ) – 2020 Election

(3:03:49 ) – Sam Harris

(3:14:55 ) – UFOs

(3:20:47 ) – Future of the Republican Party

(3:27:24 ) – Future of the Democratic Party

(3:35:21 ) – Hope