The traditional goal of a presidential nominee is to win the presidency and then serve as president.
Donald J. Trump is not a traditional candidate for president.
Presented in a recent interview with a scenario, floating around the political ether, in which the presumptive Republican nominee proves all the naysayers wrong, beats Hillary Clinton and wins the presidency, only to forgo the office as the ultimate walk-off winner, Mr. Trump flashed a mischievous smile.
“I’ll let you know how I feel about it after it happens,” he said minutes before leaving his Trump Tower office to fly to a campaign rally in New Hampshire.
It is, of course, entirely possible that Mr. Trump is playing coy to earn more news coverage. But the notion of the intensely competitive Mr. Trump’s being more interested in winning the presidency than serving as president is not exactly a foreign concept to close observers of this presidential race.
From the article, it appears that the Constitution has provided for just such a possibility.
However, it really did not provide a delineated remedy for "Gorebushoff"; likely because election apparatus is controlled by the States. But if such were to come to pass, very safe assumption the matter would hardly be adjudicated like a traffic ticket.
Also very safe; the next President would be a Republican.
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Trump, the industrial tycoon, could very well be viewing the White House as another business acquisition target. If Trump does "acquire" the WH, I can't imagine that he would be a hands-on President. The mission statement is clear: Make America Great Again; the objectives, strategies and operating plans are less clear. But Trump will undoubtedly concern himself more with the grandeur of the post and leave the details to his minions. Expect quite a few "You're Fired" episodes.
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