Seven in 10 trust some to none of official White House communications: Poll

Seven in 10 adults surveyed about President Trump said they trust some or none of what his administration tells them, according to the results of a poll released Tuesday.

Conducted by SSRS recently on behalf of CNN, the nationwide survey asked 1,639 respondents: “How much do you trust the things you hear in official communications from the White House?”

The majority of people polled — 71% — said they trust little to nothing of what the White House reports: 41% said they trust “just some of it,” while 30% said they trust “nothing at all” from the Trump administration.

Fewer than one-third of respondents surveyed answered that they trust most to everything of what the White House says: 9% said they trust “almost all” of the Trump administration’s official communications, while 19% said they trust “most” of what the White House tells them.

The survey was conducted by phone between Sept. 5-9 and has a sampling error of plus or minus 3.2 percentage points.

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Similar polls conducted by SSRS in the past returned comparable results. Surveys done by the pollsters in August and November 2017 found that 30% and 31% of respondents said they trusted nothing officially committed from the White House, respectively.

“The President’s volatile summer — including several sudden shifts on policy on guns and trade as well as stubborn defenses of demonstrably untrue statements — has not led to a worsening of public trust in official communications from the White House,” CNN reported.

The White House did not immediately return a request for comment.