Editing Louis Farrakhan (section)

===Donald Trump===
[[File:Louis Farrakhan.jpg|thumb|Louis Farrakhan in 2016]]
During the [[2016 Republican Party presidential primaries]], Farrakhan praised Republican candidate [[Donald Trump]] as the only candidate "who has stood in front of the Jewish community and said 'I don't want your money.'" While he declined to endorse Trump outright, he said of Trump, "I like what I'm looking at."<ref>{{cite web|title=Louis Farrakhan praises Donald Trump |first=Nolan |last=McCaskill |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/louis-farrakhan-donald-trump-220021|publisher=Politico|date=March 1, 2016|access-date=May 2, 2019}}</ref> In 2018, Farrakhan again praised Trump for "destroying every enemy that was an enemy of our rise". He included the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) in this group.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/farrakhan-praises-trump-for-destroying-his-enemies-1.6130805|title=Farrakhan Praises Trump for Destroying His Enemies – the FBI and Justice Department|work=Haaretz|date=May 28, 2018|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>

Conservative pundits [[Candace Owens]] and [[Glenn Beck]] both took note of Farrakhan's position, with Owens saying, while she did not "endorse Farrakhan's views", it remained a "really big deal" that Farrakhan had "aligned himself with Trump's administration" and Beck declaring that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" and urged "reconciliation" between conservatives and Farrakhan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glenn Beck and Candace Owens Celebrate Louis Farrakhan's Praise of Trump |first=Aidan |last=McLaughlin |url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/glenn-beck-and-candace-owens-celebrate-louis-farrakhans-praise-of-trump/|publisher=Mediaite |date=May 28, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Obeidallah|first=Dean|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/yes-you-read-it-right-the-right-welcomed-louis-farrakhans-support-of-donald-trump|title=Yes, You Read It Right: The Right Welcomed Louis Farrakhan's Support of Donald Trump|work=The Daily Beast|date=May 30, 2018|access-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Police ready to escort Louis Farrakhan (Nation of Islam leader) on Union Avenue Memphis TN (20884655055).jpg|thumb|Farrakhan's police escort in [[Memphis, Tennessee]], 2015]]