--- title: Donald Trump: More People Trust CNN Than the President description: While President Donald Trump has criticized news outlets on Twitter, a new poll found that more Americans actually trust CNN over Trump canonical: https://time.com/4844498/americans-trust-cnn-donald-trump-poll/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-04T15:55:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:25:45.812Z article:section: Politics og:title: More Americans Trust CNN Than Donald Trump og:description: Overall, 50% of adults said they trust CNN more than Trump og:url: https://time.com/4844498/americans-trust-cnn-donald-trump-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8337e621067516b/6988d460196cf4b153040e28/gettyimages-806814352.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 6106 og:image:height: 3435 og:image:alt: donald-trump-survey-trust-cnn og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: More Americans Trust CNN Than Donald Trump twitter:description: Overall, 50% of adults said they trust CNN more than Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8337e621067516b/6988d460196cf4b153040e28/gettyimages-806814352.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # More Americans Trust CNN Than Donald Trump, Poll Finds > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jul 4, 2017 3:55 PM UTC  Trump was returning to Washington, DC after spending the weekend at his Bedminster, NJ golf club. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Trump was returning to Washington, DC after spending the weekend at his Bedminster, NJ golf club. / AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Jul 4, 2017 3:55 PM UTC While [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4844388/trump-putin-meeting-g20/) has recently bashed [CNN on Twitter](http://time.com/4843037/donald-trump-tweets-morning-joe/), a new poll has found that more Americans actually trust the network more than the President. Overall, 50% of adults said they [trust CNN more than Trump](http://time.com/4842997/donald-trump-cnn-horrible-human-beings/), compared to 43% of adults who said they trust the President more than CNN, [according to a poll from Survey Monkey.](https://www.axios.com/exclusive-astonishing-poll-about-trump-and-media-2453120782.html) Whether people trust CNN or Trump more varied largely along party lines. Of Republicans, 89% said they trusted Trump more, and 9% said they trusted CNN more. Among Democrats, only 5% said they trust Trump more compared to the 91% who said they trusted CNN more. Independents were split with 40% saying they trust Trump more and 55% saying they trust CNN more. The survey found that adults also trusted the New York _Times,_ Washington _Post_ and network news programs like NBC, CBS and ABC more than the President. 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