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Paddy Power politics has launched as set of new ‘Trump Betting Specials’, with the Irish bookmaker claiming that it ‘might have to launch its own Trump dedicated website’!
Fresh to market, Paddy Power is now offering 5/1 that the President is officially accused of ‘foreign collusion’ on the back of this week’s resignation by Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor, following intercepted phone calls with Russian officials.
With weekly chaos and scandal attached to the Trump administration, it appears that no one is safe on ‘Team Trump’. Paddy Power has therefore opened its Trump Administration ‘sack race’ market, offering political punters the following odds on the next Trump senior counsel to resign or be axed…
- 9/2 Jeff Sessions
- 6/1 Rex Tillerson
- 6/1 Betsy DeVos
- 17/2 James Mathis
- 10/1 Rick Perry
- 10/1 Ben Carson
- 10/1 Elaine Chao
- 10/1 Ryan Zinke
- 10/1 Sonny Perdue
At present the Irish bookmaker has over 100 markets dedicated to President Trump, as this week it launched its following ‘Russian Trump Specials’
- Trump to have a Russian airport named after him (12/1)
- The President to holiday in Russia every year of his term (33/1)
- Trump and Putin to receive a joint Nobel Peace Prize (66/1)
- And the businessman-turned-leader to sell Alaska back to the Russians (100/1)
Paddy Power Spokesman Patrick ‘Paddy’ Power commented on the : “There was me worrying about 2017 having no major sporting event – I just need to tune into the Trump Show, which is on daily, on Fake News shows everywhere.”
“We’ve been Russian out various markets on the President ever since his election – at this rate, we might have to build a whole new website just for him. We’ve a shower of golden bets on Trump, to take the edge off the reality of his reign.”
