Just over a third of Americans trust President Donald Trump’s information about the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new poll. But given decades of crises mishandled by the government, the only surprise is that it isn’t lower.
A CNN poll showing that just 36 percent of Americans trust Trump for reliable information about the coronavirus was held up triumphantly by the president’s critics on Tuesday as proof his credibility is circling the drain. But it’s more likely to be the fallout not just from Trump, but from the two preceding presidential administrations’ misrepresentation of crises, that has created epidemic levels of distrust among the people.
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