Trump Odds Crashing in Wake of Woodward Book, Recordings

Just days ago, sitting US President Donald Trump was listed as a -110 favorite at BetOnline.  By Monday, the race was a coin toss.  Following revelations that Trump knew the dangers of the Covid-19 virus earlier in the year, his odds had fallen to +110.

European books were mostly still holding Trump at Even odds.

In an upcoming book, the US President tells Bob Woodward ‘I wanted to always play it down’ in regard to the worldwide pandemic that has already resulted in 194,866 deaths in the US.

The Washington Post released audifiles of Trump's admissions to Woodward.

“You just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed,” Trump said in a Feb. 7 call with Woodward. “And so that’s a very tricky one. That’s a very delicate one. It’s also more deadly than even your strenuous flu.”

He added: “This is deadly stuff."

The book is based in part on 18 interviews that Woodward conducted with Trump between December and July.

“Trump never did seem willing to fully mobilize the federal government and continually seemed to push problems off on the states,” Woodward writes. “There was no real management theory of the case or how to organize a massive enterprise to deal with one of the most complex emergencies the United States had ever faced.”

BetOnline also released a number of state Senate race odds.

Alabama Senate Race

Tommy Tuberville:  1/12 odds

Doug Jones:  13/2 odds

(Odds imply 92.3% chance Tuberville will win)

Arizona Senate Race

Mark Kelly:  1/5 odds

Martha McSally:  3/1 odds

(Odds imply 83.3% chance Kelly will win)

Colorado Senate Race

John Hickenlooper:  1/9 odds

Cory Gardner:  5/1 odds

(Odds imply 90.0% chance Hickenlooper will win)

Iowa Senate Race

Joni Ernst:  5/7 odds

Theresa Greenfield:  1/1 odds

(Odds imply 58.3% chance Ernst will win)

Kansas Senate Race

Roger Marshall:  1/5 odds

Barbara Bollier:  3/1 odds

(Odds imply 83.3% chance Marshall will win)

Kentucky Senate Race

Mitch McConnell:  1/10 odds

Amy McGrath:  11/2 odds

(Odds imply 90.9% chance McConnell will win)

Maine Senate Race

Sara Gideon:  1/3 odds

Susan Collins:  2/1 odds

(Odds imply 75.0% chance Gideon will win)

Michigan Senate Race

Gary Peters:  1/4 odds

John James:  5/2 odds

(Odds imply 80.0% chance Peters will win)

Montana Senate Race

Steve Daines:  1/2 odds

Steve Bullock:  3/2 odds

(Odds imply 66.7% chance Daines will win)

North Carolina Senate Race

Cal Cunningham:  1/2 odds

Thom Tillis:  3/2 odds

(Odds imply 66.7% chance Cunningham will win)

South Carolina Senate Race

Lindsey Graham:  1/4 odds

Jaime Harrison:  5/2 odds

(Odds imply 80.0% chance Graham will win)

- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com