Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin watan Mayu 2016 hira da Robert Peston, Farage ya ce, yayin da yake da shakku a kan ra'ayoyi da kuma hali na 2016 Republican dan takarar shugaban kasa Donald Trump, idan ya kasance mai jefa kuri'a na Amurka zai zabi Trump a zaben shugaban kasa na 2016, don hana Hillary Clinton zama shugaban kasa. A watan Yulin 2016, Farage ya ziyarci taron Republican a Cleveland
tare da mataimakinsa kuma manajan ofishin George Cottrell. Dukansu Farage da Cottrell sun bayyana a gidan talabijin na Amurka kuma sun shiga tattaunawa tare da mataimakan Trump kafin FBI ta kama Cottrell a kan lambobi 21 na tarayya na zamba, karbar kudi da kuma cin zarafi. Farage "ba shi da masaniya game da ayyukan Cottrell da ake zargi da aikata laifuka kuma FBI ta kama shi a matsayin abin mamaki". Kama Cottrell ya sa Farage ya kasa samun damar shiga littafinsa na sirri. Daga karshe Cottrell ya amsa laifin da ake tuhuma da laifin zamba na waya a matsayin wani ɓangare na yarjejeniyar da aka yi da masu gabatar da kara na tarayya na Amurka kuma an yanke masa hukuncin watanni takwas a kurkukun tarayya na Amurka kuma an ci shi tarar $ 30,000; An aikata laifin ne kafin Cottrell ya shiga UKIP.