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"Trump bans" refers to Trump or the US government, but actions, like "Trump says X" refers only to Trump. I expect the intent to be pretty clear. (If not, I reserve the right to modify the phrasing to make it clearer; ping me if you find an option unclear)
"Trump" refers to the person that was president of the US in 2017-2021.
If something is not known to have happened, unless otherwise specified, it would resolve NO. For example, the option "Trump gets COVID" resolves NO unless it is announced or sufficiently confirmed, despite the possibility that he gets covid without announcing it. The intent here is to resolve YES when the balance of evidence clearly indicates the option prediction happened.
"Trump's Second Term" is the time between Jan 20 2025 and Jan 20 2029, so long as the US continues to exist and Republicans remain in power in the White House. Trump dying doesn't end Trump's Second Term for the purposes of this market.
I reserve the right to cancel any option that doesn't seem relevant / unconnected to trump / etc. If a question is ambiguous, please ping the question creator for clarification. If they don't clarify within a few days, ping me and I'll decide how it's disambiguated.
Consensus of credible reporting will be used for this market's resolution. I am not following Trump's every move so I'd very much appreciate @s when options need to be resolved.
Update 2025-17-01 (PST): - Clarification on "Trump discloses aliens are real":
Refers to Trump stating that aliens have interacted with or visited Earth.
Does not include aliens located 5 trillion light years away outside the observable universe. (AI summary of creator comment)
Update 2025-17-01 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): - Trump discloses Aliens are real refers to scenarios where:
Aliens have interacted with humans
Alien technology has been found
Aliens have visited Earth
Does not include aliens located 5 trillion light years away outside the observable universe.
@TheAllMemeingEye The sign is a subtle joke. The shop is called "Sneed's Feed & Seed", where feed and seed both end in the sound "-eed", thus rhyming with the name of the owner, Sneed. The sign says that the shop was "Formerly Chuck's", implying that the two words beginning with "F" and "S" would have ended with "-uck", rhyming with "Chuck".
@FergusArgyll Yes, and it was criminal, but there is still a chance that scotus overturns the pardons, and perhaps there are non-criminal types investigation?
@skibidist SCOTUS cannot overturn a pardon. I assume investigated means criminally investigated, I'd like some clarification I guess, @Bayesian
@FergusArgyll Manifold says there's 20% it will https://manifold.markets/NickAllen/will-scotus-strike-down-the-preempt
@TheAllMemeingEye The New Norm ain't the same as the old norm (it's a shitty anti-woke web series on X)
@Predictor not always, I can predict that the universe will continue to exist tomorrow, but I can't prevent it, for most of us it's similarly impossible to stop most of the bad things Trump might do
@Bayesian @Krantz can we get some ideas on what it takes for a YES resolution on Trumps "discloses Aliens are real"? The question is ramping up quite heavy investments.
Is it enough with an offhand statement? Does it have to be certainty/conviction, or just a "more likely than not" leaning statement? Is any evidence presented needed, or is a statement without backing enough?
@HenriThunberg It would require an official statement. It doesn't necessarily require full evidence to be declassified nor a majority of the public to believe it. It does however need to be an official position held by the administration backed by certainty/conviction.
i’ll let krantz clarify the meaing as long as it seems reasonable and close to the spirit of the market. I’ll add that presumably this refers to the trump saying aliens we ve somehow interacted with or that visited earth are real, not ones 5 trillion light years away outside the observable universe or wtv
@Bayesian Correct. The claim would need to include some sort of admission that covert military programs have recovered/ interacted with vehicles and non-human lifeforms. For example, if Trump cooberated the public claims made by individuals like Steven Greer or Daniel Sheehan, that would count.
If he said their claims are interesting, plausible, and will be investigated further, that would not meet the criteria.
Trump discloses Aliens are real. (interacted with humans / we found alien tech / etc.)
are you happy with this edit? @Krantz