I don’t think you quite understand how popular she is. The magazines aren’t putting her on their covers because they’re trying to create hype for her to make her popular. They put her on the cover because they’ll sell a lot more magazines due to her already insane levels of popularity.
This isn’t hype, this is basic supply and demand, and the demand for Taylor Swift is massive. She is the most popular person in the world right now, and it isn’t even close.
I feel like they kinda have to stick with Vance on the ticket at this point. Past the deadline, ballots are already being printed and such.
Though maybe that’s just for the top of the ticket, I don’t know.
Also it would require Trump to admit he made a mistake, so it seems unlikely he’ll be off the ticket.