WASHINGTON — It’s not too late: If Donald Trump loses the Republican presidential nomination, he says he might run for the White House anyway. And if Trump wins the GOP nomination, anti-Trump candidates from the party establishment are considering doing the same.

While it’s an uphill climb and state deadlines loom, there are several ways a third candidate could mount a general-election bid consequential enough to demand attention. “‘Trump’ is easy to spell,” notes Democratic strategist Tad Devine, suggesting the billionaire businessman could try a write-in campaign for the nation’s highest office.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have promised to support the party’s nominee. But all three remaining Republican rivals have walked back commitments they signed last year to support the party’s nominee. On Fox News Sunday, Trump refused to rule out an independent or third-party candidacy if he fails to win the GOP nomination. “I’m going to have to see how I was treated,” he told Chris Wallace. “It’s very simple.”

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