"fuel mistrust" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to describe a situation in which one's actions or words are causing others to be mistrustful. For example, "John's refusal to answer questions about his whereabouts fueled mistrust among his family."
The sharp disparities fuel mistrust, residents said.
In truth, many child protection instruments actually fuel mistrust, and add to already over-burdened services.
The teachers say the government's plan would fuel mistrust and lead to bribery and what a union leader called "snooping".
Organisers say they will be able to let these people vote, but such problems will fuel mistrust in the official results.
The downside of this approach is that it can fuel mistrust and cause consternation and disagreements between internal and external know-how, which can in turn complicate board decision-making.
Old gatekeepers failed in many ways, and no doubt that failure helped fuel mistrust and doubt; but the new gatekeepers succeed by fueling mistrust and doubt, as long as the clicks keep coming.
Anderson agreed that a lack of transparency fuels mistrust.
Suspicions that the institute has suppressed its results not because they were flawed but because they showed that Mr. Odinga won have fueled mistrust.
Many countries benefit from this non-accountability, even as it fuels mistrust about the security of orbiting satellites, intelligence gathering and the "dual use" of personnel for military purposes.Antarctica is the last unexploited continent.
Fueling mistrust, officials said, is the sheer bustle on the hilly island, a seemingly barren place about 500 miles long and 500 miles east of Murmansk, inside the Artic Circle.
American adventurism, as demonstrated most recently with the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan and the seemingly unconditional support of Israel, fuels mistrust among many in the Arab world.
