Donald Trump has big new problem. The New York Times posted an op-ed written by an anonymous source that sounded like a warning cry to the nation about the president’s erratic, declining behavior. POTUS has a mole in the White House.
The burning question has become: who is this mole? Is it a member of his cabinet? Is the mole someone who works within the White House or one of the many other buildings that employee 1,200 moderately high level government employees? Could it be Vice President Mike Pence, White House Counsel Kellyanne Conway, or even the president himself? What about First Lady Melania Trump?
Until the information becomes public, people have been trying to guess. There is a Costa Rica website, MyBookie, that has been showing the odds for each potential guess.
Pence actually had 2-3 odds. That was not as surprising as one might imagine. After all, he has been described as very competitive, and he has really wanted to be president.
Then there was “the field,” which meant “other” or someone who was not listed as one of 18 top administration official choices. “Other” was the second biggest favorite with 1-3 odds.
If a person spent $1 on a bet for Pence, with 2-3 odds, and won, that individual would make 66 cents. If the person bet on the field, with its 1-3 odds, that person would win 33 cents.
How did MyBookie figure out these odds? According to The New York Post, the site’s oddsmaker, David Strauss, said they chose Pence, because:
‘What tipped us off was “lodestar.” When you search members of the administration (who have used that word) only one name comes up – and that name is Mike Pence. He’s used in multiple speeches this year.’
The Times op-ed reference to “lodestar:”
‘We may no longer have Senator McCain. But we will always have his example — a lodestar for restoring honor to public life and our national dialogue. Mr. Trump may fear such honorable men, but we should revere them.’
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After those two possibilities, MyBookie showed these mole options and their odds:
‘Education Secretary Betsy Devos (2-to-1), Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (4-to-1), Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (4-to-1), chief of staff John F. Kelly (4-to-1), Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (5-to-1), Attorney General Jeff Sessions (5-to-1), Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (6-to-1), Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue (6-to-1), Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (7-to-1) Labor Secretary Alex Acosta (7-to-1), HHS Secretary Alex Azar (8-to-1), HUD Secretary Ben Carson (8-to-1), VA Secretary Robert Wilkie (8-to-1), Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen (10-to-1), Ivanka Trump (12-to-1) and Jared Kushner (12-to-1).’
Then, there was the Canadian site, Bovada, the NY Post wrote. It listed its own mole odds with Attorney General (AG) Jeff Sessions coming in first with 5-2 odds. The following odds came in after Sessions:
‘Pence (3-to-1), Kelly (4-to-1), Mattis (4-to-1), UN Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley (10-to-1), “Javanka” (15-to-1), Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats (15-to-1), White House counsel Don McGahn (15-to-1), Melania Trump (50-to-1) and White House counselor Kellyanne Conway (50-to-1).’
Bovada even showed the odds on Trump and a generic New York Times writer as 25-to-1. It had no “the field” nor “other” option. This site’s odds are only good if the Times reveals its source by December 31, 2020.
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