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#167 – Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Trump and Obama Are Playing Victims to the System, Right?

Both Obama and Trump are probably playing victim here to the system. Personnel is policy, man. That's what it comes down to. But wouldn't you be able to steer the ship way more than two degrees if you hired the right people? So like, it's almost like Obama was not good at hiring the right people. Well, he hired all the Clinton people. He held the Bush people. And then you just sit back and say, oh, president can't, but that means you're just sucking hiring.

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