.//Why was it SO URGENT to become president at only 46 with one senate term?//
According to his theology its to bring about the Kingdom of God on Earth and thus the Second Coming of Christ.
So Teddy is like the Imams in Iran..who are yearning for the last Mahdi. Just the type of lunatic America does NOT need anywhere in government!
Because the North American Union was supposed to be implemented by now, for which, unlike POTUS, he’d be eligible. Since it wasn’t, he was already committed on this course.