a question if I don't want to work with metamask, can I use an alternative like trust wallet that I have more confidence in?
you mean to use Uniswap? if you are asking this to use uniswap then yes. Uniswap does support trustwallet too. but Trustwallet is a mobile wallet, I don't see any browswer wallet (web 3 extension of it)
here is a detailed guide for you on how to use uniswap with trustwallet:
https://community.trustwallet.com/t/how-to-use-uniswap-with-trust-wallet/58074