Trump's approval rating has been stable, hovering at high-30 to mid-40 percent throughout his presidency. 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. On February 16, 2017, less than a month into his presidency, Trump held a press conference during which he claimed the news media were not speaking for the people, but for 'special interests'. He said they were dishonest, out of control and doing a disservice to the American people.
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