--- description: While President Donald Trump has criticized news outlets on Twitter, a new poll found that more Americans actually trust CNN over Trump title: More Americans Trust CNN Than Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8337e621067516b/6988d460196cf4b153040e28/gettyimages-806814352.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # More Americans Trust CNN Than Donald Trump, Poll Finds by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2017 3:55 PM CUT  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](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2017 3:55 PM CUT While [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4844388/trump-putin-meeting-g20/ "undefined") has recently bashed [CNN on Twitter](http://time.com/4843037/donald-trump-tweets-morning-joe/ "undefined"), 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/ "undefined"), 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 "undefined") 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. The online poll surveyed 4,965 adults from June 29 to July 3, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 points. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4844498/americans-trust-cnn-donald-trump-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4844498/americans-trust-cnn-donald-trump-poll/"},"headline":"More Americans Trust CNN Than Donald Trump, Poll Finds","datePublished":"2017-07-04T15:55:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:25:45.812Z","description":"Overall, 50% of adults said they trust CNN more than Trump","url":"https://time.com/4844498/americans-trust-cnn-donald-trump-poll/","keywords":["Donald Trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8337e621067516b/6988d460196cf4b153040e28/gettyimages-806814352.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8337e621067516b/6988d460196cf4b153040e28/gettyimages-806814352.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald-trump-survey-trust-cnn","caption":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP","creditText":"Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4844498/americans-trust-cnn-donald-trump-poll/","name":"More Americans Trust CNN Than Donald Trump, Poll Finds"}}]}] ```