according to daily mail, donald trump<u+2019>s transition team has lost almost half of its staff and volunteers just a few days after a ban on lobbyists was instituted. <u+201c>all the lobbyists are gone,<u+201d> one source told reporters. <u+201c>lobbyists were the vast majority. now, today you go in and you could [them] maybe on one hand.<u+201d> the source confirms the transition team dropped from 250 people at the end of last week to just 125 at the beginning of this week. as a result, conservative think tanks like the heritage foundation and the competitive enterprise institute have taken the lead in the transition. one lobbyist claims that even though there has been a significant drop, many lobbyists are still trying to influence what is happening in the white house from the outside. <u+201c>everybody that<u+2019>s still there has signed a letter saying they<u+2019>ve deregistered and are okay with the five-year ban,<u+201d> the source confirmed. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s not like any transition i<u+2019>ve ever seen before.<u+201d> officials on trump<u+2019>s team reportedly asked all transition workers to sign a form certifying that they were either not currently registered as lobbyists or foreign agents or that they were in the process of terminating their lobbying registration on friday. this came shortly after trump promised to <u+201c>drain the swamp<u+201d> of washington d.c. <u+201c>we made changes<u+2014>we moved lobbyists out of the transition team and that<u+2019>s going to continue to be a lodestar,<u+201d> vice president-elect mike pence told reporters, claiming that this only illustrates trump<u+2019>s commitment to change. insiders say this controversial move has already had an unprecedented impact on the transition between presidents. <u+201c>it<u+2019>s beyond night and day, the improvement,<u+201d> a source familiar with the transition told reporters. <u+201c>essentially, by just whacking all of the registered lobbyists, you now have think tank people,<u+201d> the source concluded. what do you think? is trump going to transform the white house for the better?
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