Brooke Rollins
Secretary of Agriculture
Cabinet
Score
48/100 · Moderate
Net worth
$3.1M
Tenure
Secretary of Agriculture 2025-present
About
Brooke Rollins served as Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council during Trump's first term and previously led the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank. She was confirmed 72-28 in a bipartisan vote as Agriculture Secretary, the broadest Senate margin of the non-Rubio cabinet picks. She has no background in agriculture or farming but was a close Trump policy ally. She oversees the USDA's $200 billion budget including SNAP food assistance for 42 million Americans.
Donations & financial influence
| Category | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Total raised (career) | N/A (appointed) | |
| Corporate total | N/A | |
| AIPAC / pro-Israel | N/A | |
| Oil & gas / fossil | N/A | |
| Pharma / healthcare | N/A | |
| Defense | N/A | |
| Wall Street / finance | N/A | |
| Big Tech | N/A |
Controversies & conflicts of interest
- America First Policy Institute funded by dark money, donors undisclosed
- Limited experience actually running agriculture policy
- Farm states worried about tariff impact on their exports under her watch
- DOGE cooperation raised fears about rural development program cuts