Even some people who approve of Trump don't trust him when it comes to the coronavirus, poll shows

Donald Trump.
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President Trump's approval apparently isn't completely correlated with trust, a new CNN poll shows.

Trump's overall rating stands at 45 percent, a slight uptick from the previous month that actually matches a CNN-poll high from the start of his term in 2017. His ratings have continued to fall, however, when it comes to the coronavirus pandemic — just 42 percent believe he's doing a good job handling the outbreak in the United States, compared to 55 percent who disapprove. Last month, 52 percent gave him poor marks.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.