I'm not from the USA, neither an English native speaker, but is Peter Hegseth in any way charismatic? I find Trump totally repulsive, however I can understand his "charism" that attracts people to vote for him when he's there mumbling his rampts and narcistic histories. So far, since 2025, that I can remember, anytime I saw any video of Peter Hegseth speaking he seems to have the same charism as a door.

This, would, of course, be important for a presidential candidate If there is any "democracy" left during the election time, since Trump's popularity is decreasing, his government does not seem too promising on having "good results" to show when the election time comes, therefore the transfer of charism and therefore votes that Trump would be able to execute would be limited, and the new candidate would have to work on his own.

Given the current state of affairs, as an external observator and not too familiar with USA real politics dynamics, I find it's easier for Trump and republicans to continue the rampamt breaking of laws and just really push for a 3rd term, as he's been publicly "teasing" since his 2024 campaign...

P.S.: Just to finish up, there's also the fact that Trump is old as f*, and seems to be becoming more senile by the minute (i.e.: his almost at the age his dad was diagnoses with dementia iirc), so maybe the thing is they would just be forced to move on from him and the "3rd term" thing would really just not come to fruition due to bad timing (Trump going full demented, dying, etc...). Or maybe if his popularity keeps going down, who knows if the democracts can obtain any majority in the midterm elections and put up an impeachment on both houses this time, this would also chance the outlook of things and force the republicans to choose a new candidate sooner than later.

wannabe-macho small-penis dudebro idiot voters

USA in a nutshell.