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

The DOJ is the United States Department of Justice, which enforces federal law and oversees federal prosecutions. In the book, the DOJ appears as a powerful actor that Eric believes applies a partisan double standard. It is cited in discussions of investigations touching the Trump Organization, the 2016 and 2020 cycles, and post-presidency legal actions.

Denoting metaphorical “warfare” conducted through the legal process, this term refers to the strategic use of legal processes to damage an opponent’s reputation, drain resources, and shape politics. In Under Siege, lawfare is the lens through which Eric Trump interprets the flood of civil suits, criminal probes, regulatory actions, and discovery demands involving his family and allies. He portrays it as part of Opposition to the Trump Family as a Conspiracy—a coordinated tactic meant to punish dissent and deter future participation in politics.

An acronym for Make America Great Again, MAGA is the political slogan and movement associated with Donald Trump. In the book, MAGA functions as both an identity and a community that Eric sees as targeted by media narratives and institutional pressure. It is presented as a populist coalition focused on sovereignty, security, growth, and cultural conservatism.

Mail-in ballots are ballots transmitted and returned by mail rather than cast in person on Election Day. In Under Siege, mail-in voting is framed as vulnerable to chain-of-custody problems, lax verification, and administrative error. Though numerous investigations have found no evidence of significant voter fraud or impropriety in the 2020 election, Eric and his father use these baseless claims to undermine trust in the election’s results.

Mar-a-Lago is Donald Trump’s private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida. In the book, Mar-a-Lago is a stage on which the family’s public and legal dramas unfold, including the August 2022 FBI search. It becomes a symbol of what Eric describes as invasive and politically motivated law enforcement.

A subpoena is a compulsory legal order requiring a person to provide testimony or produce documents. Under Siege depicts subpoenas as a constant feature of investigations and lawsuits surrounding the Trump business and political orbit. Eric characterizes them as burdensome tools that enable fishing expeditions and reputational harm.