One thing The Donald isn’t is a quitter.
I guess people who are paid to put words out for for print have to think of something or they won’t eat.
As for the nuke button...I recall that a former KGB spy said on 60 minutes that the Russians were afraid of Reagan because they thought he might actually hit the button.
If Donald should pull it off, it would be hard to argue that it was anything but a sweeping mandate to kick some ass and send a lot of people to prison for a long, long time.