Many times over the course of his presidency Donald Trump has claimed to be the most transparent president in history. Now as many of us know that is actually not true. Here is why:

1. Upon entering the White House President Donald Trump stopped sharing White House visitor log with the public. According to Wikipedia:

White House visitor logs, also known as the White House Worker and Visitor Entry System (WAVE), are the guestbook records of individuals visiting the White House to meet with the President of the United States or other White House officials. The Trump administration withdrew its support for release of the logs, and is not making visitor logs available to the public, though some comments suggest the logs could be made available "five years after Trump leaves office". This has led to several groups suing the government again, demanding the release of such logs, which should be seen as a matter of public record.

2. President Trump is a big fan of using non-disclosure agreements to silence his current and former staffers from talking with the public and members of the United States Congress. This is potentially illegal. According to the Daily Beast:

Trump is not a king, and his aides are not croupiers at one of his casinos, subject to his whims. They work for us. We pay them and count on them to do the country’s work. Legal experts say NDAs are not only monarchical, they violate whistleblower protections and the First Amendment.

3. He has stopped speaking with the press corps. Never has a president evaded the public by not speaking with the press as much as this president. This leads to the public not having as much information. According to NPR:

"The good government, on-paper side of me says, 'Of course there should be a regular briefing,' " says Fleischer. "The realist watching the hostility between the Trump White House and the press corps in both directions says, 'What's the point of the briefing?' There's no news. It's just hostility." You don't have to watch the briefings long to see the hostility on display. Still, Dana Perino, who also served as press secretary for George W. Bush, says regular briefings have value. The press secretary isn't just speaking to the press. She is speaking to the whole world. "It is a mutually beneficial thing for a daily briefing to take place," says Perino, who now hosts a show on Fox News called — wait for it — The Daily Briefing.

4. He blocks staffers from talking to Congress. According to the Washington Posts:

The House Judiciary Committee has released a transcript of its interview with former top White House adviser Hope Hicks, who spoke with committee members and staff behind closed doors. Hicks refused to answer any questions related to her time working for President Donald Trump after he was elected, following orders from White House lawyers. She was blocked from answering questions 155 times, the committee said in a statement accompanying the transcript’s release.

5. He refused to answer questions with Special Counsel Robert Mueller and instructed his former White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Mueller. According to the Slate:

President Donald Trump disputed former White House counsel Don McGahn’s testimony that the president had instructed him to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, telling ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos that McGahn “may have been confused.” Trump, who has refused to testify under oath, said in a contentious back-and-forth that “the story on that very simply, No. 1, I was never going to fire Mueller. I never suggested firing Mueller.” When Stephanopoulos brought up McGahn’s extensive testimony under oath to the contrary, Trump countered, “I don’t care what [McGahn] says. It doesn’t matter.” Why does Trump think the White House counsel would lie under oath? “Because he wanted to make himself look like a good lawyer,” Trump said. “Or he believed it because I would constantly tell anybody that would listen—including you, including the media—that Robert Mueller was conflicted. Robert Mueller had a total conflict of interest.” “And has to go?” Stephanopoulos asked. “I didn’t say that,” Trump responded.