The President of the United States Donald Trump shockingly sacked FBI Director James Comey last night on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
The trigger-happy President has been on a firing spree since taking power, and Comey follows the high profile departures of Sally Yates, Michael Flynn and Craig Deare.
We here at Paddy Power Tower think White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon could be packing his bag soon, installing him as favourite to be the next member of the Trump administration to resign or be fired (13/8, 38.1% chance).
BREAKING: President Trump has fired FBI Director James Comey, the White House says https://t.co/X834ONaQQS https://t.co/o0F5kwVePx
— CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2017
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Press Secretary Sean Spicer is next in line for the chop (5/2, 28.6%), ahead of Presidential mouthpiece Kellyanne Conway (6/1, 14.3%).
As for Comey’s replacement, we believe that interim leader Andrew McCabe is most likely to get the permanent role (3/1, 25%), if only to save the Donald from doing much thinking.
Paddy Power customers have been lumping on Trump to come undone, with thousands staked on him not completing his first term in office (4/6, 60%) and to be impeached (10/11, 52.4%).
Here’s the letter President Trump sent to FBI Director James Comey regarding his dismissal https://t.co/EMgwUlg0j4 pic.twitter.com/yCdDgugcX7
— CNN (@CNN) May 9, 2017
Asked about the termination spokesperson Paddy Power said: “So Donald Trump sacks the man leading an investigation into him – man, we gave the system a kick.
“I think he’ll put Ivanka in charge of the FBI. Then we can refer to it as daughter-gate.”
Next member of the Trump administration to resign or be fired
13/8 Steve Bannon
5/2 Sean Spicer
6/1 Kellyanne Conway
10/1 Reince Priebus
14/1 Jeff Sessions
16/1 Rex Tillerson
20/1 James Mattis
33/1 Jared Kushner
66/1 Ivanka Trump
To be hired as the next FBI Director
9/4 Andrew McCabe
3/1 Mike Rogers
4/1 Ken Wainstein
5/1 John Pistole
16/1 Ray Kelly
25/1 David Clarke
50/1 Chris Christie
100/1 Rudy Giuliani
500/1 Chief Wiggum
500/1 Ted Hastings