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: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/saagar-books">https://lexfridman.com/saagar-books</a>
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EPISODE LINKS:
Saagar&#8217;s Book Recommendations: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/saagar-books">https://lexfridman.com/saagar-books</a>
Saagar&#8217;s Substack (where he recommends more books): <a href="https://saagarenjeti.substack.com/">https://saagarenjeti.substack.com/</a>
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Saagar&#8217;s Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/esaagar">https://instagram.com/esaagar</a>
Breaking Points: <a href="https://youtube.com/@breakingpoints">https://youtube.com/@breakingpoints</a>
The Realignment Podcast: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@therealignment">https://www.youtube.com/@therealignment</a>
Saagar&#8217;s Linktree: <a href="https://linktr.ee/esaagar">https://linktr.ee/esaagar</a>
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) &#8211; Introduction
(09:47) &#8211; Why Trump won
(14:48) &#8211; Book recommendations
(18:24) &#8211; History of wokeism
(25:54) &#8211; History of Scots-Irish
(32:32) &#8211; Biden
(36:34) &#8211; FDR
(38:36) &#8211; George W Bush
(40:59) &#8211; LBJ
(46:15) &#8211; Cuban Missile Crisis
(53:48) &#8211; Immigration
(1:25:46) &#8211; DOGE
(1:52:27) &#8211; MAGA ideology
(1:55:39) &#8211; Bernie Sanders
(2:04:00) &#8211; Obama vs Trump
(2:21:00) &#8211; Nancy Pelosi
(2:24:14) &#8211; Kamala Harris
(2:40:00) &#8211; 2020 Election
(3:03:49) &#8211; Sam Harris
(3:14:55) &#8211; UFOs
(3:20:47) &#8211; Future of the Republican Party
(3:27:24) &#8211; Future of the Democratic Party
(3:35:21) &#8211; Hope

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