#413 — "More From Sam": Trump & Israel, Corruption, Free Speech Violations, the Democrats, & Ezra Klein

Welcome to the Making Sense podcast. This is Sam Harris. Just a note to say that if you're hearing this, you're not currently on our subscriber feed, and and will only be hearing the first part of this conversation. In order to access full episodes of the Making Sense podcast, you'll need to subscribe at samharris.org. There you'll also find our scholarship program, where we offer free accounts to anyone who can afford one. We don't run ads on the podcast, and therefore it's made possible entirely through the support of our subscribers. So if you enjoy what we're doing here, please consider becoming one. Welcome to the Making Sense Podcast. This is Sam Harris. Today, I'm answering some more questions that were submitted by subscribers on my Substack page and discussing some current events. Once again, the voice you're hearing on the other end is that of my manager and business partner, Jaren Lowenstein. We're hoping to continue this series of episodes. So if you're a subscriber to the podcast, you can submit topics over on Substack. And if you're not a subscriber, you can become one at samharris.org/subscribe. Most Jews I talk to tell me that they feel safer with Trump in office now. Why do you think they're wrong? Well, admittedly, that's kind of a mixed story. I I get it. If you're a single issue voter and your your issue was Israel, I kind of understand that because Biden and Harris were making noises that seemed, guaranteed to make you uncomfortable. Yeah. I'm sorry. I mean, the moral confusion left of center about the war in Gaza and about Hamas and about, you know, the the whole peace process with the Palestinians. It's understandable that if that was your issue, you thought virtually anything is better than that. Right? And Trump, you know, in his defense and in in defense of, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, first time around did, demonstrate some considerable support for Israel and, you know, moving the the embassy to Jerusalem. I mean, all of these things were big moves that other presidents hadn't taken. The reason why Trump is, not reliable is that he's, he's not reliable. He's not a serious person. He doesn't actually understand anything. He has allegiances which are vulnerable to the next moment he feels personally slighted by somebody. Right? So I would remind you that the only thing he said in the immediate aftermath of October 7 was something incredibly petty. I mean, actually, psychopathically petty about how, Netanyahu had not been sufficiently loyal to him or something. I mean, it was completely insane, analogous to his first comments after Yeah. The tallest tower. The Detroit Center came down after 09:11 and he said, you know, many people say I've got the tallest building in Manhattan now. I mean, an absolutely disqualifying piece of moral lunacy and that's what he was like after October 7. Right? So he's totally capable of changing his feelings about Israel based …