Welcome to the Making Sense podcast.

This is Sam Harris.

So the reckoning has arrived.

Donald Trump has been re-elected president of the United States,

and it seems like he's going to have both houses of Congress.

Of course, we know he already has the Supreme

Court. And the question is, what to make of all this? Why did he win and why did the Democrats

lose? Well, first, we should acknowledge that this is the greatest comeback in American

political history. It's as if Nixon got re-elected to a second term after Watergate.

It's better than that.

Or worse, depending on what you think about Trump.

Luckily, I hedged my bet here, and I never said anything too critical about the man.

I've always been very respectful of him and Elon and the other innovators they have around them.

I mean, let's be honest, these guys just want to make America great again.

Can't you just give them a chance?

All kidding aside, I will let you know when I received my first audit from the IRS.

But what I think is needed now is an honest assessment of why Trump won,

because it says a lot about our country that he did. It says a lot

about how divided we are. It says a lot about the state of the media and the effects of social

media. But above all, it says something that the Democratic Party and our elite institutions need to

hear. Now, obviously, Trump's win and Harris's loss were determined by many factors.

And I think everyone's in danger of believing that their pet issue explains everything that

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