President-elect Donald Trump nominated his former White House domestic policy adviser Brooke Rollins for Agriculture Secretary, he announced on Truth Social Saturday afternoon.

Rollins currently is the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank led by former Trump officials, which was created with the goal of preparing for the president-elect’s return to the White House. 

The Wall Street Journal first reported that Rollins was the expected nominee for the cabinet position.

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Despite accusing him of being the second coming of Hitler, some congressional Democrats told The Post this week they are eager to cooperate with President-elect Donald Trump on a host of critical issues.

“China, Israel, and emerging technologies are all possible candidates for bipartisan cooperation and compromise,” Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres told The Post. “There should be a bipartisan commitment to ensuring American competitiveness in emerging technologies like semiconductors, AI, quantum computing and biotech.”

Torres once called Trump “sinful,” “radioactive” and a “criminal suspect” with approval ratings “lower than that of lead and arsenic.”

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President-elect Donald Trump met with NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte on Friday in Palm Beach, Florida.

Florida Rep. Michael Waltz, Trump's national security adviser pick, joined the two to discuss a "range of global security issues," according to NATO.

The leaders of several top union groups expressed support Friday for President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) to head the Department of Labor. 

“Thank you @realDonaldTrump for putting American workers first by nominating Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer for US Labor Secretary,” Sean O'Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, wrote on X. 

“Nearly a year ago, you joined us for a @Teamsters roundtable and pledged to listen to workers and find common ground to protect and respect labor in America,” he continued. “You put words into action. Now let’s grow wages and improve working conditions nationwide.”

O'Brien added that his union is “ready to work with” Chavez-DeRemer “every step of the way to expand good union jobs and rebuild our nation’s middle class.”

The Teamsters union did not endorse a presidential candidate ahead of the 2024 election. 

Trump’s pick also received praise from the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Associations. 

“It is significant that the Pres-elect nominated  Rep. Chavez-DeRemer for Labor,” AFT President Randi Weingarten wrote on X.

“Her record suggests real support of workers & their right to unionize,” she added. “I hope it means the Trump admin will actually respect collective bargaining and workers' voices from Teamsters to teachers.”

NEA President Becky Pringle noted that in Congress, Chavez-DeRemer “voted against gutting the Department of Education, against school vouchers, and against cuts to education funding” and that she cosponsored the PRO Act “and other pro-student, pro-public school, pro-worker legislation.”  

“Educators and working families across the nation will be watching Lori Chavez-DeRemer as she moves through the confirmation process and hope to hear a pledge from her to continue to stand up for workers and students as her record suggests, not blind loyalty to the Project 2025 agenda,” Pringle added, referencing the Heritage Foundation policy blueprint that Trump has repeatedly disavowed.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named former NFL player Scott Turner as his pick to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

“Scott is an NFL Veteran, who, during my First Term, served as the First Executive Director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council (WHORC), helping to lead an Unprecedented Effort that Transformed our Country’s most distressed communities,” Trump said in his announcement. 

Turner, a former Texas state lawmaker, played nine seasons in the NFL as a member of the Washington Commanders, San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos.

President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced his choices to lead the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as his pick for the surgeon general post. 

Trump, 78, nominated Dr. Marty Makary – a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine – to serve as FDA commissioner; former Congressman Dr. Dave Weldon to head the CDC; and  Dr. Janette Nesheiwat – a Fox News medical contributor – to serve as surgeon general. 

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that his former White House adviser, Sebastian Gorka, will serve in his incoming administration. 

Trump, 78, revealed in a Truth Social post that Gorka will serve as deputy assistant to the president and senior director for counterterrorism. 

“Since 2015, Dr. Gorka has been a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda and the MAGA Movement,” the president-elect wrote. 

“Dr. Gorka is a legal immigrant to the United States, with more than 30 years of National Security experience,” Trump added. 

Gorka, 54, served as a White House strategist during Trump’s first term.

President-elect Donald Trump selected Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) on Friday to serve as his secretary of labor. 

“Lori has worked tirelessly with both Business and Labor to build America’s workforce, and support the hardworking men and women of America,” Trump said in his announcement. 

“I look forward to working with her to create tremendous opportunity for America Worker, to expand Training and Apprenticeships, to grow wages and improve working conditions, to bring back our Manufacturing jobs,” he added. 

President-elect Donald Trump selected Russell Vought on Friday to serve as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget. 

“I am very pleased to nominate Russell Thurlow Vought, from the Great State of Virginia, as the Director of the United States Office of Management and Budget (OMB),” Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

Vought, 48, held the same post during part of Trump’s first term in the White House, and the 45th president praised his performance.

“He did an excellent job serving in this role in my First Term - We cut four Regulations for every new Regulation, and it was a Great Success!” Trump said in his announcement. 

Well, that didn't take long.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz is now on Cameo, dispending encouragement and words of wisdom starting at $500 a pop.

And lest you think this is an imposter, Gaetz himself has changed his X profile's location to read: "Find me on CAMEO!" and included a link to the profile.

"I served in Congress," the Cameo profile description reads. "Trump nominated me to be US Attorney General (that didn’t work out). Once I fired the House Speaker."

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has laid out the timetable to replace former Rep. Matt Gaetz in Congress.

According to the Florida Department of State, a special election to complete the balance of Gaetz's term in the 119th Congress will take place April 1, 2025.

A primary will be held Jan. 28, 2025.

Republicans are heavily favored to retain the seat, with the Cook Political Report rating the Panhandle-based 1st Congressional District as R+19.

Gaetz, 42, won a fifth term by 32 percentage points Nov. 5 over Democrat Gay Valimont, who announced Friday she would run again in the special election race.

Former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) is the front-runner to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of agriculture.

CNN first reported that he is set to tap her for the cabinet position, which The Post independently confirmed with a source familiar with Trump's deliberations.

Loeffler served in the Senate from 2020 to 2021 after being appointed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp when Sen. Johnny Isakson resigned due to health conditions.

She was a top donor to Trump during his re-election campaign, contributing millions.