President Donald Trump has given dozens of phone interviews to various news outlets in recent weeks, including Fox News, and MS Now. This is in part due to his personal phone number being shared among journalists in Washington. In 2015, his own number was leaked, and he used it as a campaign opportunity by setting up a political voicemail message. The Atlantic reported that while interviews with the president were once most commonly planned, not cold calls, his number has been in high demand. The White House defended Trump as the most transparent and accessible president in history.