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Donald Trump is about to kick off his presidency with the lowest transition-approval rating in recent history, according to a new CNN / ORC poll.As his lackluster inauguration plan already suggests, Trump will take the oath of office on Friday with just a 40 percent approval rating—a whopping 20 percentage points lower than Obama, Bush, and Clinton's approval ratings back when they were sworn in.Confidence in Trump's ability to run the country has also plummeted, with 53 percent of Americans now saying they're less confident in him based on his transition efforts—a ten point jump since the election. The public has also grown more dissatisfied with how he's handled his transition. Fifty-two percent say they disapprove now, up seven points from November.Trump supporter and congressman Sean Duffy told CNN's New Day that Trump's ongoing feud with the media—like this moment from last week's press conference—is a factor in his drop in numbers."What's happening here is the public fight that Mr. Trump is having with CNN and other media groups has taken some skin off his poll numbers and it's gone down," he told CNN's Chris Cuomo on Tuesday.Not surprisingly, Trump continued that sentiment on Tuesday when he brushed off the poll as "rigged."