Author reveals how Trump plans to retain power after leaving office: 'Gives me shivers'

An author who has written four books about President Donald Trump revealed how the president plans to retain power over the White House once he leaves office.

Journalist Michael Wolff, author of the book "Fire and Fury" about the first Trump administration, argued during a new episode of "Inside Trump's Head," a podcast he co-hosts with Joanna Coles of The Daily Beast, that Trump could use his children to stay in power after his second administration. He singled out Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., who seems to have been groomed for this very moment.

"He has spent his life as his father's lackey," Wolff noted. "He's spent his life in a business that is of very little consequence except to support his father, who gives me the shivers."

Wolff also noted that Don Jr. seems to be the likely heir as Trump's other children, like Ivanka and Tiffany, have effectively "taken themselves out of the running."

Lara Trump said on a new episode of Katie Miller's eponymous podcast that she would consider running for office again if the circumstances are right.

Wolff added that Trump will need to retain some influence over the White House when he retires. Otherwise, he may turn on the Republican Party.

"He really enjoyed that in his Mar-A-Lago interregnum," Wolff said. "So, he goes back to that still with the Republicans coming to kiss his rings, with his pronouncements being the leading Republican pronouncements, still being able to rag on whatever Democrat is in the White House and then, at some point, he dies a happy man," Wolff said. "However, he would be much less happy if someone in the Republican Party replaced him."