Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukubvunzurudzwa kwaMay 2016 naRobert Peston, Farage akati, kunyange zvazvo akanga ane zvigadziro pamaonero uye unhu hwe2016 Republican musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika Donald Trump, kana akanga ari mutevedzeri weUnited States aizovhota Trump musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ye2016, kudzivirira Hillary Clinton kuva mutungamiri wenyika. Muna July 2016, Farage akashanyira
Kokorodzano yeRepublican muCleveland nomubetseri wake nomutarisiri wehofisi George Cottrell. Vose Farage naCottrell vakaonekwa paterevhizheni yeAmerica uye vakaita hurukuro nevabatsiri vaTrump vasati vaCottrell vakasungwa neFBI pamhosva 21 dzesangano dzekuba, kubvisa mari uye kubiridzira. Farage "akanga asingazivi nezvezvinonzi zvaiitwa naCottrell zvisiri pamutemo uye kusungwa kwake neFBI kwakamuvhundutsa". Kusungwa kwaCottrell kwakasiya Farage asingakwanisi kuwana dhayari yake yomunhu oga. Cottrell pakupedzisira akabvuma mhosva yekubiridzira waya sechikamu chechibvumirano chekubvuma nevatongi vehurumende yeU.S. uye akatongerwa mwedzi misere mutirongo yeU.S. uye akabhadharwa madhora zviuru makumi matatu; mhosva iyi yakanga yaitwa Cottrell asati ajoina UKIP.