Donald Trump created the Donald J. Trump Foundation in the 1980s purportedly to donate proceeds from his Art of the Deal book to charity. Trump stopped donating to his foundation in 2008 and instead solicited donations from outside donors. Journalists investigated the foundation during the 2016 election and found repeated cases of illegal self-dealing and ethical problems in which Trump would use donations to the foundation for some of his own personal or business expenses and for political contributions.

Donald Trump Jr. is President Donald Trump’s oldest son and is an executive vice president in the Trump Organization. Trump Jr. also worked on his father’s presidential campaign and has been embroiled in scandal for meeting with Russian nationals to seek compromising material on 2016 Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Trump Jr. has also repeatedly spread far-right fake news and conspiracy theories on social media. Trump Jr. is beloved by white nationalists.

Before he was elected president in the 2016 election, Donald Trump had weekly platforms on CNBC’s Squawk Box and Fox News’ Fox & Friends, where he gave political commentary and pushed the birther conspiracy theory. Since he became president, Media Matters and other media organizations have documented thousands of his lies and attacks on the press.

Price resigned after he was criticized for using public funds for charter flights. Prior to joining the Trump administration, Price represented Georgia's 6th Congressional District in Congress.