I think you are confusing cause and effect. Trust is lost when the government destroys the value of the currency, by e.g., printing money. > Trust in the valu

I think you are confusing cause and effect. Trust is lost when the government destroys the value of the currency, by e.g., printing money. > Trust in the value of currency is how money retains value. No, not running the printing presses to pay your bills is how money retains value. :) And a history of retaining value is how a currency becomes trusted.