The sudden dismissal of FBI Director James Comey has caused the betting odds of U.S. President Donald Trump facing impeachment to skyrocket.

No president has ever gotten the amount of talk and betting as the 45th leader of the free leader, who can’t go a day without finding himself at the center of some sort of controversy. This week, it’s the firing of Comey for allegedly mishandling the Clinton email investigation.

The president, however, admitted that he was thinking of “this Russia thing” when he decided Comey’s fate. The now-ex FBI director had been leading the investigation into possible collusion between Trump advisers and Russian officials prior to his dismissal.

“And, in fact, when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said: ‘You know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should’ve won,’” Trump told NBC News.