Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I roto i te uiuinga o Mei 2016 ki a Robert Peston, i kii a Farage, ahakoa he awangawanga ia mo nga tirohanga me te tuakiri o te kaitono perehitini Republican o te tau 2016 a Donald Trump, mena he kaitono US tika ia ka pooti ia mo Trump i te pooti perehitini 2016, hei aukati i a Hillary Clinton kia kore e tu hei perehitini. I te Hōngongoi 2016, i tae atu a Farage ki te
Ko te huihuinga o te Rōpū Reipa i Cleveland me tana kaiawhina me te kaiwhakahaere o te tari a George Cottrell. I puta a Farage raua ko Cottrell i runga i te pouaka whakaata o Amerika, i uru ki nga korerorero me nga kaiawhina a Trump i mua i te mauheretanga o Cottrell e te FBI mo nga whakapae 21 o te tinihanga, te horoi moni me te whakapae. "Kāore a Farage i mōhio ki ngā mahi ā-ture a Cottrell, ā, he ohorere tōna hopu e te FBI". Na te mauheretanga o Cottrell i kore ai a Farage e āhei ki te uru atu ki tana rārangi kōrero whaiaro. I te mutunga ka whakaae a Cottrell ki tetahi kaute mo te tinihanga waea hei waahanga o te kirimana whakapae me nga kaitohutohu kawanatanga o Amerika ka whiua ia ki te waru marama i te whare herehere o Amerika me te whiu $ 30,000; i mahia te hara i mua i te urunga o Cottrell ki UKIP.