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Nearly half of Americans don't trust President Trump at all on climate risk

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Presented with President Donald Trump as a source of information about climate risk, nearly half of Americans (49%) say they do not trust him at all, according to a June 2026 Verasight survey.

Another 15% are neutral, and about a quarter (24%) express some degree of trust, including 9% who say they trust him completely. Smaller shares distrust him to a milder degree, 7% mostly not and 4% partly not.

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Topline scale

Nearly half of Americans don't trust President Trump at all on climate risk.

How much to you trust President Donald Trump as a source of information about climate risk?

  • Completely not 48.9%
  • Neutral 15.4%
  • Completely 9.4%
  • Mostly 7.5%
  • Mostly not 7.5%
  • Partly 6.8%
  • Partly not 4.5%

2026 · base n 1,000 · +/- 3.2%

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2026-06-21 → 2026-06-21
Base (unweighted)
1,000
Margin of error
+/- 3.2%
Module
3

Source

Citation

Verasight MPSA Omnibus Survey #2026-050, fielded June 21-21, 2026, N=1,000 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.2%.

https://reports.verasight.io/r/mpsa26

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
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Field window
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Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
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2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
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