This chart shows what the American public thinks about Donald Trump. By a 20 point margin, they don't think he is honest and trustworthy. There is good reason for them to believe this. He has failed to keep his word many times in the past.
He continued to violate the law by refusing to rent his properties to minorities -- even after being called on it by the federal government. He has refused to pay his debts to contractors and even his own lawyers -- and when called on that, declares bankruptcy. And he lies repeatedly, even when the lies make no sense and are completely unbelievable.
Sadly, he has carried that untrustworthiness into the White House. According to the Washington Post, he has told well over 1,000 lies since being sworn in, and is on target to tell more than 2,000 in his first year in office.
But the worst thing about his dishonesty is that he has applied it now to the government. He has pulled actions off that convince not just Americans, but the world, that this government cannot be trusted as long as Trump is president.
He has pulled us out of NAFTA, pulled us out of the Paris Accords, decertified the Iran Agreement, and refused to honor U.S. law by stopping government subsidies to help working and middle class people to buy insurance. He has shown the world that it's useless to make an agreement with the United States, because Trump will negate that agreement at the drop of a hat. He has destroyed the reputation and trust of this country.
The only thing about Trump that can be trusted is that he can never be trusted -- and as long as he's president, neither can the government of the U.S. be trusted.
The chart above shows the results of a new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between October 7th and 10th of a random national sample of 1,500 adults (including 1,278 registered voters), with a margin of error of 3.1 points.
