Nominee Brooke Rollins for agriculture secretary completed the line-up

Donald Trump has nominated longtime ally Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture, completing his cabinet roster.

He made the announcement late Saturday afternoon, enlisting the head of the Maga-backed America First Policy Institute think tank for the work.

“As our next Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke will lead the effort to protect American Farmers, who are truly the backbone of our Country,” Trump said in a statement.

Her nomination marks the end of a series of lightning-fast — and sometimes dramatic — nominations to executive agency leadership positions.

Rollins has been a top Trump ally for years, as co-founder and president of the America First Policy Institute, a right-wing pro-Trump think tank.

A former White House assistant in the president-elect’s first administration, she served as director of the Office of American Innovation and acting director of the Domestic Policy Council.

Growing up on a farm, Rollins became involved early in Future Farmers of America as well as 4H, a national agricultural club.

She graduated from Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural development and later worked as an attorney.

If confirmed by the Senate, she would oversee farm subsidies, federal nutrition programs, meat inspections and other aspects of the country’s agriculture, food and forestry industries.

She will also play a key role in renegotiating the trade agreement between the US, Canada and Mexico, which could involve the imposition of Trump’s promised tariffs.

Rollins’ nomination marks the end of Trump’s choices for his cabinet – a group of 15 advisers, each in charge of a bureaucratic part of the US government.

Each nominee will have to be confirmed by the Senate.

Trump has selected an eclectic range of cabinets, from Maga loyalists to former political opponents.

Some of his nominations — such as Robert Kennedy Jr. for Department of Health and Human Services and Matt Gaetz for attorney general — have raised eyebrows.

Kennedy, a former environmental lawyer and vaccine skeptic who opposed Trump as an independent before dropping out and supporting him, will be in charge of the Food Administration and Pharmaceuticals.

Gaetz, a flamboyant former Florida congressman who led the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, withdrew his nomination and resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor, solicitation contemplating sex and using illegal drugs.

Media reported that senators made it clear that it would be difficult to confirm Gaetz for the job. Gaetz has denied wrongdoing, but said he withdrew from consideration because he was becoming a “distraction.”

Trump wasted no time, quickly nominating Pam Bondi, the former Florida attorney general, to the position.

Another choice, Pete Hegseth, was also caught up in the scandal, after a police report revealed new details about the sexual assault the former Fox-news host had on a woman in 2015. 2017.

Hegseth has denied any wrongdoing and insisted the encounter was consensual. He was never arrested or charged with a crime.

Education secretary candidate Linda McMahon – former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment – was also criticized for lacking experience in the field of education.