The former — and possibly future — president has also discussed several less controversial, but still very conservative, picks with more policy expertise.
Commissioner of Agriculture of Texas Sid Miller speaks during a 2024 election campaign rally held by former President Donald Trump in Waco, Texas, March 25, 2023. | Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump is considering naming a former rodeo cowboy turned bomb-throwing Texas agriculture commissioner to lead the Agriculture Department if he wins the White House.
As agriculture commissioner in Texas, Miller has sparred with influential conservative-leaning agriculture groups after he hiked fees for department services. | Eric Gay/AP “While it’s an honor to be included in the Secretary of Agriculture discussion, right now my focus is on ensuring we re-elect Donald J. Trump to be our 47th President,” Miller said in response to an inquiry. “There will be plenty of time to talk about Trump’s cabinet after he wins in November. Until then, no one will be fighting harder than me to ensure that he does.”
Tom, Trump’s former FAO ambassador, played a key role in shaping Trump’s first USDA as part of his agriculture advisory team and is viewed as more of a policy expert than Miller. He currently runs one of the largest farming operations in Indiana as well as some agricultural operations in Argentina, and is among a small group of former Trump officials and advisers quietly working on potential plans for a second term USDA.
One name not on the list of potential second term Ag secretaries: Trump’s former Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. Perdue, who now serves as chancellor of the University System of Georgia, was seen as more of a mainstream USDA pick eager to champion southern agriculture, not a MAGA lifer, a person close to Perdue noted.
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