Less than 2 days before Donald J. Trump officially takes his seat as the 45th president of the United States, reports began to surface that the President-Elect finally chose a new leader to head up the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)--former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican.
The delay in choosing a new USDA leader was, according to reports, partly due to political pressure the President-Elect faced to pick an agricultural expert hailing from the Midwest, an area known for its abundance of farmland and livestock. The delay also raised hopes that Trump would shock everyone by rounding out his Cabinet with a minority pick, particularly one of Hispanic descent.