My point is that admiring someone, someone being financially successful, etc. is not grounds for real trust. Having a high public profile and an excess of media

My point is that admiring someone, someone being financially successful, etc. is not grounds for real trust. Having a high public profile and an excess of media impressions doesn't mean they've actually earned trust. These might all be general signals for someone who is trustworthy, but proxies are not the real thing. Trust that is not earned, is not trust at all.