{"id":2372614,"date":"2024-11-23T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T21:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taps-brooke-rollins-to-lead-the-department-of-agriculture-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-23T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T21:36:18","slug":"trump-taps-brooke-rollins-to-lead-the-department-of-agriculture-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taps-brooke-rollins-to-lead-the-department-of-agriculture-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump taps Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-taps-brooke-rollins-to-lead-the-department-of-agriculture-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2372614&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Brooke \u2063Rollins \u2062to lead the Department of Agriculture. Rollins,\u2063 who previously served as a policy adviser during Trump&#8217;s first term \u2063and \u2063was\u2063 the Director of the Domestic Policy Council, is the co-founder\u200b and current president of the America First Policy Institute, \u200ca conservative think tank. Trump commended Rollins for her contributions\u2062 to his administration&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2021-man-of-the-year-joe-manchin\/\" title=\"2021 Man of the Year: Joe Manchin\">domestic policy agenda<\/a> and her leadership in promoting \u2064the America First agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Her nomination follows speculation regarding her potential appointment as White House chief of staff and comes alongside other significant Cabinet\u2064 appointments, including Linda McMahon for\u2063 education \u200csecretary \u200dand Scott Turner for Housing and Urban Development. Rollins&#8217; appointment underscores the\u200b growing influence of the America First Policy Institute within the incoming administration.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump taps Brooke Rollins to lead the Department of Agriculture<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1883170\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Saturday nominated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/brooke-rollins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Brooke Rollins<\/a> to lead the Department of Agriculture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A policy adviser to Trump during his first term in office, Rollins is the president of the American First Policy Institute, a conservative think tank she co-founded in 2021 that has proposed plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">president-elect&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s second and final term in the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Brooke was on my 2016 Economic Advisory Council, and did an incredible job during my First Term as the Director of the Domestic Policy Council, Director of the Office of American Innovation, and Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives,&rdquo; Trump said in a statement Saturday. &ldquo;In these roles, she helped develop and manage the transformational Domestic Policy Agenda of my Administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump also praised her for her work with the America First Policy Institute and America First Works, &ldquo;building a team of loyal Patriots, and championing the Policies of our America First Agenda.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Between 2020 and 2021, Rollins was Trump&rsquo;s&nbsp;director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-backtracks-after-biden-blasted-for-saying-he-wont-forgive-50k-in-student-loan-debt\/\" title=\"White House Backtracks After Biden Blasted For Saying He Won\u2019t Forgive K In Student Loan Debt\">domestic policy council<\/a> and assistant to the president for strategic initiatives.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The president-elect&rsquo;s announcement confirming Rollins&rsquo;s nomination follows speculation he would tap her as his White House chief of staff. Meanwhile, former Georgia Sen.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kelly-loeffler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> Kelly Loeffler<\/a>, who served on the Senate Agriculture Committee during her time in Congress, was also widely rumored to be the next USDA secretary.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Donald Trump, looks to Brooke Rollins, President and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, as she speaks during a prison reform roundtable in the Roosevelt Room of the Washington, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. (AP Photo\/Carolyn Kaster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rollins&rsquo;s appointment follows Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3235521\/trump-names-linda-mcmahon-education-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">move<\/a> earlier this week to nominate her friend, Linda McMahon for education secretary. McMahon is the chair of the AFPI. In a flurry of Cabinet picks Friday evening, the president-elect also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3240015\/friday-night-flurry-trump-list-nominees-round-out-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">selected<\/a> former Texas state Rep. Scott Turner, who is AFPI&rsquo;s chairman of the Center for Education Opportunity, to serve as secretary of Housing and Urban Development.<\/p>\n<p>Combined with at least two other former Trump administration officials affiliated with AFPI, Michael Rigas and Doug Hoelscher, who are working directly with the transition, Rollins&rsquo;s nomination appears to cement the influence the conservative think tank will wield over the incoming administration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If confirmed, Rollins would likely work closely with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump&rsquo;s nominee to lead the Departments of Health and Human Services. Kennedy has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3230829\/four-things-rfk-jr-said-he-will-do-as-head-hhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">promised<\/a> to overhaul the department&rsquo;s guidelines on nutrition and root out conflicts of interest in an effort to end the chronic disease epidemic.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy has said that the&nbsp;&ldquo;food industry lobbied to make sure that nearly all agricultural subsidies go to the commodity crops that are the feedstock of the processed food industry,&rdquo; and denounced the current health guidelines and health agencies for setting policies that &ldquo;are destroying small farms and our soil.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will stop subsidizing the worst foods with our agricultural subsidies. We will get the toxic chemicals out of our food. We will reform the entire food system,&rdquo; the HHS nominee promised in August when he suspended his presidential campaign to endorse Trump.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1883170\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1883170\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump nominates Brooke Rollins for Agriculture Secretary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2372615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Brooke-Rollins-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45583,45584,3634],"class_list":["post-2372614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-brooke-rollins","tag-department-of-agriculture","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Brooke-Rollins-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2372614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2372618,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2372614\/revisions\/2372618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2372615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2372614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2372614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2372614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}