The presidency of Donald Trump began at noon EST (17:00 UTC) on January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States, succeeding Barack Obama. One of Trump's major first year accomplishments, made as part of a '100-day pledge', was the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As of early March 2018, 43% of senior White House positions had turned over. The administration had a higher turnover rate in the first two and a half years than the five previous presidents did over their entire terms. By October 2019, one in 14 of Trump's political appointees were former lobbyists; less than three years into his presidency, Trump had appointed more than four times as many lobbyists than Obama did over the course of his first six years in office. Trump intervened to restore Gallagher's rank and pin.
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