Under Siege: My Family's Fight to Save Our Nation

Donald Trump’s Foreword presents Eric Trump as a loyal executive who moves from television and real estate into crisis management when his father assumes the presidency. Donald Trump describes Eric’s early ambivalence about returning to the Trump Organization, followed by a decisive commitment. He credits Eric with overseeing properties, judging on The Celebrity Apprentice, and campaigning across three election cycles. Eric is, according to his father, calm under pressure, focused, and “rock solid” (6). When Donald Trump needed someone to lead thousands of employees and manage hotels, golf courses, clubs, and vineyards, he turned to Eric, then 33, to run the company in his absence. The foreword frames Eric as a results-oriented operator who “works, fights, and WINS” (6). 

Donald Trump writes that Eric “became [his] true ‘apprentice’” and that he delivered “amazing results, all the while being UNDER SIEGE” (6). The foreword links corporate stewardship with political combat, suggesting that running the business amid investigations, litigation, and media pressure required unusual steadiness. Eric’s book is, in Donald Trump’s telling, credible because he handled operational responsibility while the political storms intensified. The Foreword thus positions Eric as both witness and actor, and the ensuing book as a direct