Let’s cut to the chase: Perhaps against our better judgment, the American project is deeply enmeshed in a ’24 rematch between a 77-year-old multi-bankrupted insurrectionist facing innumerable legal woes and an 80-year-old incumbent whose competence and vitality are questioned daily. We don’t need to philosophize about how we got here, other than to note that the coming national election cycle is uniquely enticing to a rabble-rousing, opportunist third-party candidate able to exploit the fatigue, unpopularity, and general ennui shrouding the two major party candidates. After all, two-thirds of Americans say they don’t want to see a Trump–Biden rematch.