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Il ne fait confiance à personne.

Il ne fait confiance à personne.
He trusts nobody.
From Lesson 271:Verbs followed by à (à + infinitive)·French

Questions & Answers about Il ne fait confiance à personne.

Why is there an "à" here if the lesson is about "à" before infinitives?
While this lesson focuses on à before infinitives, many French expressions also rigidly require à before a noun or pronoun. The phrase for "to trust" is faire confiance à, so the à is built right into the expression to link the verb to the person being trusted.
Why isn't there a "pas" in this negative sentence?
The word personne pairs with ne to mean "nobody" or "not anyone". Just like with ne ... jamais (never) or ne ... rien (nothing), the negative word personne completely replaces pas in the sentence.
Why does personne come after à instead of right after the verb?
Because you literally "make trust to" someone in French. The word personne is the object of that preposition. The à must sit right in front of the person it applies to, just as it would if you said Il fait confiance à Marie (He trusts Marie).
Is there a single verb for "to trust" instead of using faire confiance?
There isn't a common single verb that translates perfectly to "trust a person" directly. You might see the reflexive verb se fier à (to rely on / to trust in), but the phrase faire confiance à is the most standard and natural way to express trusting someone in everyday French.
Could I just say Il ne confie personne?
No, because the verb confier alone means to "confide" or "entrust" something (like a secret or a task) to someone. To say you trust a person in general, you have to use the noun confiance in the set phrase faire confiance à.

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