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“trusting” should be “testing” or “trap”
It can mean “ please rub my belly” but it’s often testing if you’ll follow cat etiquette and refrain from touching a stranger’s belly. Or sometimes it’s a trap because the cat has learned the human cannot resist, so it’s a surefire way to get in some hand bites and jackrabbit kick attacks.
I think its meaning depends a lot on whether the cat already knows you or not.