Now, it’s true that Palin did not possess Trump’s resources or media savvy (nor was she president), but her prime shelf life lasted for about four years (2008-2012). At age 75, Trump is on year seven of largely dominating the news. How long can he keep it up? At the end of the day, Trump faces the same existential threat we all do: mortality. In his case, this means both his literal and political life.

Conventional wisdom suggests that Donald Trump is unstoppable in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, and that his hold over the party is absolute. But as Chris Christie advised Sunday on This Week (or was it Axl Rose?), “Everybody needs to have some patience.”

Trump, Christie noted, is hampered by the fact that he has no social media presence (whether it’s prudent that social media companies have the power to remove political figures is worthy of its own discussion), and keeps doing things like attacking former Israeli Prime Minister (and conservative hero) Benjamin Netanyahu. The spell will eventually break, but as Christie says, “It’s not going to happen overnight.”