Agriculture secretary nominee Brooke Rollins completes the line-up

Donald Trump has nominated his longtime ally Brooke Rollins to be Secretary of Agriculture, completing his cabinet list.

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

“As our next Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke will spearhead efforts to protect American farmers, who are truly the backbone of our country,” Trump said in a statement.

Her nomination marks the end of a whirlwind – and at times dramatic – wave of nominations to senior government agencies.

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

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

Having grown up on a farm, Rollins was involved early in Future Farmers of America in addition to 4H, a nationwide agricultural club.

She graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s 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 facets of the nation’s agriculture, food and forestry industries.

She would also play a key role in the renegotiation of the US-Canada-Mexico trade deal, which could involve imposing Trump’s promised tariffs.

Rollins’ nomination marks the end of Trump’s picks for his cabinet – a group of 15 advisers who each head a bureaucratic department of the US government.

Each candidate must be confirmed by the Senate.

Trump has chosen an eclectic array of cabinet picks, from Maga loyalists to former political rivals.

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

Kennedy, a former environmental lawyer and vaccine skeptic who ran against Trump as an independent before dropping out and endorsing him, would be in charge of the Food and Drug Administration.

Gaetz, a bombastic former congressman from Florida who spearheaded the impeachment of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, withdrew his nomination and resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor, solicitation of sex and illegal drug use.

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

Trump wasted no time and quickly nominated Pam Bondi, a former Florida attorney general, to the post instead.

Another election, Pete Hegseth, has also been embroiled in scandal after a police report revealed new details about an alleged sexual assault the former Fox news host had with a woman in 2017.

Hegseth has denied any wrongdoing and claims the meeting was consensual. He was never arrested or charged.

Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon – the former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment – has also been criticized for her lack of experience in education.