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

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## Reading

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.

## Topline

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

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

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

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

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: US adults age 18+
- Field dates: 2026-06-21 → 2026-06-21
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.2%
- Module: 3
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/mpsa26#q-25](https://reports.verasight.io/r/mpsa26#q-25)

## Citation

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

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/mpsa26#q-25](https://reports.verasight.io/r/mpsa26#q-25)