In order to defeat Donald Trump and win the Republican nomination in 2024, one of the many candidates in the field must accomplish a series of herculean, Mission Impossible-level feats: raise gargantuan sums of money, become a known figure to millions of voters in the short sprint of about six months, and exhibit enough on-camera charisma and brashness to outshine Trump on a debate stage, while simultaneously hacking away at former president in a way that doesn’t cause his MAGA supports to revolt. This candidate, of course, must also be thick-skinned enough to endure the brutality of the daily mainstream news cycle and every possible negative story that could possibly be written.