“I’m sure I’m right about this.” Photo: William B. Plowman/NBC

Donald Trump’s decision to boycott Thursday night’s debate has officially paid off. While some speculated that the billionaire’s bizarre gamble would backfire, it is now clear that the odds of a Trump presidency have only improved over the past 24 hours.

At 10:58 Friday morning, Bill Kristol declared “Peak Trump” for the 11th* time this cycle.

In fact, I'll risk further and repeated ridicule, and say: We have seen #PeakTrump! — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 29, 2016

Kristol is, of course, the anti-Nostradamus — a man gifted with the supernatural power to predict the exact opposite of any future outcome. One cannot list all of Kristol’s errant prognostications without overwhelming the capacity of most web servers: Suffice it to say that this is a man who predicted that Barack Obama would never win a single presidential primary.

From the beginning of the billionaire’s campaign, there has been no better contra-indicator of whether a given controversy would affect Trump than Bill Kristol’s Twitter feed. One month after declaring his candidacy, Trump wisecracked that if John McCain were truly a war hero, he wouldn’t have been shot down over Vietnam. Mocking American prisoners of war has not, historically, been a savvy political move. Many pundits wondered whether this would spell the end of the mogul’s candidacy. But had they simply consulted the Wrongest Man in America, they would have immediately recognized that their concerns were unfounded. Kristol — through his special code, in which “Peak Trump” actually means “Trump is not in fact peaking” — explained it all.

#PeakTrump. "Support for Trump fell sharply on the one night that voters were surveyed following those comments." http://t.co/PWDsqDbb3a — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 20, 2015

Memo to @realDonaldTrump: We are past PEAK TRUMP! Sell-by date approaching. Plan EXIT STRATEGY before Iowa! ADIOS amigo! #ArtOfTheWithdrawal — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 22, 2015

Days later, Kristol saw a poll showing that Trump had reached 18 percent support and — again, in code — informed the public that this was only the beginning.

When Gallup found Trump’s favorability numbers dipping, Kristol made it clear that Trump was still far from finished. He continued to provide similar guidance throughout the month of August.

Still confident we have seen Peak Trump. "Trump GOP Favorable Image Drops, but Still Positive" http://t.co/SC3R7iF4kR — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 31, 2015

OK, I was early with my Peak Trump call. But would certainly short Trump at current levels. And probably be wiped out in a short squeeze! — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 3, 2015

I do think (but I've been saying this for two weeks, so, for take it for what it's worth) we've seen Peak Trump. — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 7, 2015

Light at end of the tunnel? Trump dropping in national, Iowa and NH polls. #PeakTrump. — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 11, 2015

For a disconcerting moment in the dog days of summer, Kristol appeared to have become self-aware.

My "Peak Trump" hypothesis supposed a modicum of enterprise by other candidates moving to preempt his themes. I may have overestimated them. — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 17, 2015

But by November that phase had passed.

I'll admit I was a bit early in my #PeakTrump call. @realDonaldTrump actually peaked in RCP averages on Sep. 19, 2015. — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 3, 2015

Over the winter holidays, Kristol took a break from predicting Peak Trump to describe how Peak Trump looked in two of the alternate universes his mind unconsciously accesses.

It would be fitting -- if a bit melodramatic-- if Trump were to peak today, the darkest day of the year. — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 21, 2015

Prediction: Peak Trump will prove to be just before 7:00 pm, Dec. 29, 2015, when he foolishly attacked @weeklystandard. #HitlerInvadesRussia — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) December 30, 2015

*This figure only accounts for instances in which Kristol has publicly declared Peak Trump over Twitter. Not all tweets included in this post qualify as Peak Trump declarations. Further, this number is not inclusive of the (presumably) countless instances in which Kristol has declared Peak Trump over dinner, muttered Peak Trump to himself while examining his hairline in a bathroom mirror, or quietly repeated the words Peak Trump over and over, as a soothing mantra, after waking from another nightmare about the war orphans of Iraq.