credibility gap

English

Noun

credibility gap (plural credibility gaps)

  1. A discrepancy between the statements made by a person in authority (especially by a politician) and the perceived truth.
    • 2017 May 16, Dylan Byers, “Does anyone in Trump's White House have credibility?”, in CNN Business‎[1]:
      The inability of Trump's own spokespeople to speak authoritatively on the president's thinking and actions -- a challenge even Trump himself has acknowledged -- has left the White House with an enormous credibility gap, and has tarnished the reputations of many of its most visible spokespeople.
    • 2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 72:
      The League of Nations, meanwhile, suffered a credibility gap as the United States never joined the organisation that its President argued was essential for preserving the hard-won peace.
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