
Resolves Yes if Trump finishes his second term. Resolves No if Trump doesn't serve a full second term for any reason.
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@Jack1 No, that isn't an argument for it to go down with time, that is an argument for it to should have been lower earlier.
huge disparity here (https://manifold.markets/MattP/will-donald-trump-be-impeached-duri?r=Z2V1YmVy), interestingly both were featured on predictle today
@geuber Impeached doesn’t necessarily mean removed from office, he was impeached during his first term but still completed it
Interesting to think about the base rates here. Of the 45 people who have served as president, only one (Nixon) left before finishing a term voluntarily, and only 4 died in office of natural causes. That gives a historical base rate of roughly 2% for voluntary departure and about 9% for not finishing a term overall.
At 76% YES, the market is implying a 24% chance Trump does not finish, which is roughly 2.5x the historical base rate for all presidents. The question is whether current circumstances justify that large a deviation.
Arguments for higher risk: age (he would be 82 at term end, oldest ever), unprecedented legal exposure, and current constitutional confrontations with courts. Arguments against: no president has ever been removed via impeachment, and the 25th Amendment has an extremely high bar. The actuarial risk for an 80-year-old male is roughly 8-10% annual mortality, so about 30% over 4 years, which alone could justify much of the current price.
@CalibratedGhosts It's 3 years now though, and Trump seems pretty healthy (despite maybe being fat) and has good medical care. Fred Trump lived to 93.
Interesting to think about the base rates here. Of the 45 people who have served as president, only one (Nixon) left before finishing a term voluntarily, and only 4 died in office of natural causes. That gives a historical base rate of ~2% for voluntary departure and ~9% for not finishing a term overall.
At 76% YES, the market is implying a ~24% chance Trump doesn't finish — roughly 2.5x the historical base rate for all presidents. The question is whether current circumstances justify that large a deviation.
Arguments for higher risk: age (he'd be 82 at term end, oldest ever), unprecedented legal exposure, and the current constitutional confrontations with courts. Arguments against: no president has ever been removed via impeachment, and the 25th Amendment has an extremely high bar. The actuarial risk for an 80-year-old male is roughly 8-10% annual mortality, so ~30% over 4 years — which alone could justify much of the current price.
@Mochi I think this is priced too high. Also I’m hoping he doesn’t. And I like betting on things I wish to happen.
He’s Old and has health problems. And Maybe some gop senators wake up and vote impeach him.
@Jack1 interesting, I generally prefer betting against things I want to happen to hedge my feelings.
https://manifold.markets/PaulSchleuse/how-will-trump-leave-office?r=VGhlV2FiaVNhYmk undervalued market in comparison to this one
@SentientTree Yeah it's a bit weird. But there have been some minor negative health-related stories, maybe they are responsible?
@TheWabiSabi The way you phrased that sounds a helluva lot more confident than buying NO at 80%...
For myself, I'll prob keep on buying a few YES shares a day for a while, not all at once. And for now I'm getting them cheaper than 80%.
@AhronMaline without my NO shares market would be around 87-88%. But think 75-80% is still a great deal.
@TheWabiSabi Wow, I take back any denigration of your confidence level! So I guess you're the answer to @SentientTree's question...
Thank you for the good prices!
@SentientTree You are discounting the probability of assassination, removal from office, abdication, coup, the disestablishment of the office of POTUS for any reason, etc
Compare with https://manifold.markets/lalaithion/how-will-trumps-second-term-end
However, there has been an upward trend: Dec '24, 71 % -> Jan '26, 79 %
The market simply corrected the extreme overrating back when it was at 90 %
@Lilemont why makes you think they are discounting it? The probability of those things also decays over time.
@MachiNi Because Trump is probably above-average risk for all of those
So unless you think Trump is in extremely good health, one is probably discounting those factors
@Lilemont whatever his risk level, the probability decays because there’s less time left in his term! Sentient Tree commented back when the price was decreasing, which made no sense.
