I don't think Pete wanted to be president even. I don't think he was ever under any illusion that he could get anywhere near that. Pete's job, the task he was grown in a lab to perform, was to impede Sanders' momentum in the early stages of the race. His job was to do whatever he could to prevent Bernie from getting his point across in debates, to muddy the waters on what should have been a clear victory in Iowa, etc. That's why he didn't even pretend to have a platform. That's why he spouted gibberish about "the shape of our democracy" or whatever. He was a fake candidate.