Pete Buttigieg Says There's A 'Crisis In Trust'
Pete Buttigieg argues that Americans don't trust enough — in the government and in each other. Buttigieg talks with NPR about his book, Trust: America's Best Chance.
by Christianna Silva
Oct 03, 2020
3 minutes
Months after dropping out of the Democratic presidential primaries, Pete Buttigieg is back with a warning: America, he says, is facing a crisis of trust. And he says building that trust, in both American institutions and fellow citizens, is the only way to address the other challenges facing the country.
Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., called trust one of his "rules of the road" during his presidential campaign.
"Honesty is in our nature, and it is one of our greatest means
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