How Donald Trump may retain energy after leaving workplace – ‘It offers me shivers’
An author who has written four books about the US president has revealed how he believes Donald Trump could retain power and access to the White House even once he leaves office
Trump may want to cling to some power long after he leaves office, an author has claimed(Image: Daniel Heuer/UPI/Shutterstock)
Donald Trump’s current term in office is due to end in January 2029 – but one author warns he could still cling to power.
Journalist Michael Wolff, who has written four books about Donald Trump including ‘Fire and Fury’ about the POTUS’ first term, has claimed Trump could retain power once his second administration comes to an end.
The US constitution states no person can be elected president more than twice, but that hasn’t stopped 79-year-old Trump from teasing he could try to run again anyway after ‘Trump 2028’ MAGA-style red caps emerged. In a previous interview, Trump told NBC there “are methods which you could do it”, before adding: “I’m not joking.. a lot of people want me to do it”.
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Wolff revealed during a podcast episode on The Daily Beast how Trump could at least keep some influence in the Oval Office – through the use of his own children.
In the new episode of ‘Inside Trump’s Head’, the journalist said Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr, could be his method for keeping a foot in the door.
“He has spent his life as his father’s lackey,” Wolff noted of Donald Jr. “He’s spent his life in a business that is of very little consequence except to support his father, who gives me the shivers.”
The writer went on to say Donald Jr. seems the most likely successor since Trump’s other offspring such as Ivanka and Tiffany have essentially “taken themselves out of the running”. Lara Trump, the wife of Trump’s third child Eric Trump, said in a podcast that she would consider running for office again if the circumstances were right.
The insight comes as Trump continues to wage his war with Iran, causing friction with many NATO allies. His decisions over the Strait of Hormuz in particular have prompted widespread condemnation from global leaders, with jet fuel shortages and an ever-increasing cost of gas and oil being felt across the world. The war could mean Trump may depart the Oval Office in two years’ time with a long list of fraught relationships.
Wolff said Trump will require some influence over the White House when he retires if he is to retain power – or he may even 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… However, he would be much less happy if someone in the Republican Party replaced him.”
