Note how reed is pissed about this, johnny jokes about it, and sue (the dominant leader of the ff in this universe) placates reed, complimenting him on his intelligence, calling him darling and.
Reed also shows zero objections when the president orders the killing of civilians in the airport just to capture or kill songbird.
Reed is a cold blooded murderer plain and simple to the point he is.
Reed, i think in hickman's avengers reed says something along the lines of tony being better at handling multiple complex task at the same time, but reed is smarter when focusing on a single.
Here songbird is the obvious winner.
Reed did tell you he suspected songbird of bringing down sf1 in the black sapphire, which does take trust, but then he wasn't honest about the twins.
Do i trust him.
After removing reed from power and putting adelaide in his place and after reaching far into the game i found out that his hat give 7 dialog and with the armor perk that is 14+ dialog which is insane so i.
Reed's reaction to songbird's betrayal to him says a lot too.
Reed is an experienced spy and knows that you would have to betray your own crew members if it gets you of of situation or gets the job done.