This week, Donald Trump will officially become the Republican nominee.

Soon he is likely to again be president, according to the most accurate predictions, which come from people who put their money where their mouths are – people who bet. They currently give Trump a 67% chance of winning.

President Joe Biden's chances have fallen below 20%.

This is good news to those of us who fear America is gradually being strangled by ever-increasing regulations.

Trump promises to get rid of bad rules.

"Remove the anchor dragging us down!" he said. "We're going to cancel every needless job-killing regulation!"

Trump was a developer, so he knew about the thicket of rules that often make it nearly impossible to get things done.

But Republicans routinely talk about deregulation and then add rules. The media called George W. Bush the "anti-regulator." But once Bush was president, he appointed thousands of new regulators.

Trump was different.

Once in office, he hired regulation skeptics. He told government agencies: Get rid of two regulations for every new one you add!

But they didn't. Growth of regulation slowed under Trump, but it still increased.

Still, I think Trump's anti-regulation attitude was why stock prices rose and unemployment dropped. He sent a message to businesses: Government will no longer crush you! Businesses then started hiring more people.

Of course, the media weren't happy. Reporters love regulation. The New York Times ran the headline, "Donald Trump is Trying to Kill You"!