Ivanka’s protected status in the Trump orbit has frustrated several high-ranking
aides over the years, including the president’s one-time chief strategist Steve
Bannon and former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, the latter of whom
reportedly complained in private that she is merely “playing government,” according
to a CNN report early last year.

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have looked into how and why the administration’s
foreign policy has shifted at the hands of Trump’s family. The House Foreign Affairs
Committee, in particular, has scrutinized Kushner’s relationship with Saudi Crown
Prince Mohammed Bin Salman.