Trump and several prominent conservative media personalities characterized coronavirus as a scam prior to the pandemic .
The poll found that President Trump was the least-trusted source of information about the outbreak , at 46 % overall , although 88 % of Republicans expressed trust in the president , second only to their trust in the CDC.  : //www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/sixty-percent-believe-worst-yet-come-u-s-coronavirus-pandemic-n1159106  : //www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/poll-americans-lack-trust-in-trump-on-coronavirus-information-133576
2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United States