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This statement assumes that the Presidential candidates have any intention of "serving the country" as far as I can remember, they've only been interested in serving themselves, and all benefits and consequences the county saw was purely a coincidental side effect.
There are easier and better ways to accrue power than running for President. Most candidates want to serve the country, trump obviously excluded.
The presidency is such a weird position. It's like you're kind of the boss, but you're also kind of an employee. There's a whole staff of people telling you where you have to go and what rules you have to follow, and you're constantly getting shit on in public for your job performance, and everything bad that happens practically anywhere in the world is at least partially your fault. You can literally call the biggest military power in the world on the phone and tell them who to kill and (subject to certain restrictions), they'll just go and do it, but you're not allowed to drive a car.
It's just bizarre. Like a lot of the American system, I actually really like the way the system is set up, for as weird as it is.