Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization Eric Trump pushed back forcefully against claims that the political and legal battles surrounding his family were typical of ordinary politics, during an interview Thursday on The Daily T podcast with host Tim Stanley.
Trump, who released his book Under Siege: My Family’s Fight to Save Our Nation in October, recounted the years of investigations and controversies his family has faced since President Donald Trump first entered the political arena.
The book details what he describes as years of unprecedented attacks aimed at both his father and their business operations.
During the podcast, Stanley asked whether Trump could accept that some of the scrutiny and opposition his family encountered was part of normal political disagreement.
“Some of the siege that you faced — and I understand why it was very personal and distressing — can you accept that some of it was just people legitimately disagreeing with your father’s policies and using every lever available, as people generally do in politics, in order to push back?” Stanley asked.
Eric Trump immediately rejected the idea. “No, no, no. Hold on one second,” he said.
He acknowledged that politics naturally involves debate over divisive issues such as abortion, gun rights, and free speech, but argued that what his family experienced went far beyond policy disagreements.
“That’s different than raiding somebody’s house. That’s different than subpoenaing their children with the intent to literally try and bankrupt a company,” he said.
“That’s different than calling every financial institution and telling them to debank a person. That’s different than making up dirty dossiers saying that there were golden you-know-whats happening with prostitution when it was totally fabricated and paid by the opposition.”
Trump was referencing the Steele dossier — a document compiled during the 2016 election that alleged connections between Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russian government.
The dossier was later discredited after revelations that it had been funded by the campaign of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
He continued, “That’s different than saying that there were secret servers in the basement of a building communicating with the Kremlin when we don’t know a damn person in the Kremlin. We don’t know anybody in Russia. We had nothing to do with Russia. That’s different than having people take him off the ballot in states so that democracy could not prevail in those states, having radical justices strip him off. That’s different.”
Eric Trump also pointed to the series of criminal indictments his father has faced after leaving office in 2020, saying they represent a new level of political targeting that has no precedent in American history.
“That’s criminal-type behavior. That’s not democracy,” he said.
“That’s not the debate of ideas where people can have different perspective.”
In his book, Trump details the personal toll of years of investigations and lawsuits targeting his family and the Trump Organization.
He describes the financial strain, public pressure, and constant legal scrutiny faced by those associated with his father’s presidency.
Throughout the interview, Trump maintained that the actions taken against his family were not merely political disputes but a coordinated effort to destroy them financially and reputationally.
He said those experiences motivated him to write Under Siege to document what he called an effort to weaponize institutions against political opponents.
The interview comes as President Trump continues to face multiple legal battles across several jurisdictions, while remaining a central figure in national politics.
Eric Trump’s comments reflect ongoing concerns within the Trump family and among supporters about the fairness of those proceedings and their broader impact on American political norms.
