Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar 26 ga Janairu, 2016, Falwell ya sanar da amincewa da Donald Trump don zaben Republican a zaben shugaban kasa na 2016, wanda ya sa wasu 'yan jami'ar Liberty University da sauran masu bishara su nuna damuwa cewa Falwell ya "sayar da ransa". Daga baya aka bayyana, a cikin tattaunawar da aka yi a asirce tare da dan wasan barkwanci Tom Arnold cewa lauyan Trump na sirri da "mai gyara" Michael Cohen, ya taimaka wa Falwell ya dawo da hotunan da ke nunawa kafin ya tabbatar da amincewarsa. A ranar 21 ga Yuli, 2016, a taron RNC a Cleveland, Ohio
, Falwell Jr. ya kira Trump "billionaire mai launin shuɗi na Amurka" da kuma "ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu hangen nesa na zamaninmu" a cikin goyon bayansa ga dan takarar da ya ji yana iya kare "hakkin ɗaukar makamai", "dakatar da Iran... daga zama ikon nukiliya", da kuma "zaɓaɓɓun masu adalci masu ra'ayin mazan jiya zuwa Kotun Koli".