[1] In around 2003, its distribution branched out to other national grocery chains and specialty food stores through the United States.

Trump Ice was distributed by Mountain Spring Waters of America in the New York and New Jersey area.

[6] In October 2015, leading up to the 2016 Republican presidential primaries, Trump had some Trump Ice delivered to rival Marco Rubio, whom he had lambasted for "being sweaty" and having "awkwardly reached for a bottle of water" during Rubio's 2013 State of the Union rebuttal; along with the bottled water was other Trump merchandise, and a note reading, "Since you're always sweating, we thought you could use some water.

[9] The bottle design, described by a New York writer as "fiery",[8] features Trump's face against an initially red[8] and subsequently blue background.

[9] An Entertainment Weekly columnist repudiated the brand's claim that Trump Ice is "one of the highest quality spring waters in the world with an optimum mineral content" by pointing out its "very low" mineral content, plus the fact that it is bottled in plastic, as opposed to glass.