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Donald Trump's Chances of Serving Full Second Term, According to
Bookmakers

A leading bookmaker is offering odds of 2/5 (71.4 percent) on Donald
Trump completing a full four-year second presidential term in the White
House.

The offer was made by William Hill, which primarily attributed its degree
of skepticism over Trump completing his term to the 78-year-old president-elect's "age and health."

Trump won the 2024 presidential election with 312 Electoral College votes against 226 for Democrat Kamala Harris, according to the Associated
Press, and he's on track to win the popular vote for the first time. His
first term in office was unusually tumultuous, with the Republican
firebrand facing two impeachment attempts in Congress.

Speaking to Newsweek, William Hill spokesperson Lee Phelps said: "Trump
has control of the Supreme Court, Senate and House of Representatives û
all with a conservative majority û plus he has the world's richest man to
call on for support, so at 2/5, it looks highly likely he will see out
his full term until January 2029.

During the presidential race, Trump refused to release his full medical records, in contrast to Harris. President Joe Biden had all but secured
the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, but the 81-year-old dropped
out of the running in July and endorsed Harris, amid intense pressure
from within his own party due to concerns over his age and health.

In his first term Trump faced two efforts to remove him from office. In February 2020, the Senate voted to acquit Trump on charges of abuse of
power and obstruction of Congress related to claims he put pressure on
the Ukrainian government to investigate his domestic political opponents
in return for military aid.

Trump was also acquitted in the Senate of incitement to insurrection in February 2021, after he had left office, as less than two-thirds of
Senators voted to convict. This trial was in response to Trump's efforts
to overturn the 2020 presidential election result and the January 6,
2021, Capital Hill riot.

William Hill also offered odds of 1/7 (87.5 percent) on former
independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receiving a
government job, along with 1/10 (90.9 percent) for Florida Senator Marco
Rubio and 4/1 (20 percent) for Donald Trump

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