Thomas Massie Says He Has Not Received Offer to Become Trump's Secretary of Agriculture [UPDATED]

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Nov. 06, 2024

Kentucky Rep Thomas Massie said Wednesday on X that he has not received any commitments or offers from President Trump's team about joining his cabinet, countering a report that he had accepted the position of Secretary of Agriculture.

"I stand ready and willing to help the President with any part of his bold agenda to focus on the health and well being of Americans, but I have received no commitments or offers from President Trump’s team, and any discussion of the transition are premature," Massie wrote.

Noted farmer Joel Salatin said on Wednesday that he was contacted by the Trump transition team to be an advisor to the Secretary of Agriculture.

"My favorite congressman, Thomas Massie from Kentucky, has agreed to go in as Secretary of Agriculture," Salatin said.

HUGE NEWS! Thomas Massie is reportedly being tapped as Trump’s Secretary of Agriculture w/ Joel Salatin advising. There is no better person for the position.

Congratulations, @RepThomasMassie! You’ve come a long way from Trump calling to throw you out of the Republican Party 😎 pic.twitter.com/jBUiH3JV1P
— Murray 🇺🇸 (@Rothbard1776) November 6, 2024

Massie said in July he wanted to serve as the Secretary of Agriculture.

Trump said he will appoint a libertarian to his cabinet.

Whom would you choose, for which position?
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 26, 2024

I think I could do some good for this country as Secretary of Agriculture, for any president.
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 26, 2024

Massie endorsed Trump last month.

As Spectrum News reported:

In June, Massie told Spectrum News, "I need to see some guarantees ... Trump is endorsing non-conservatives in Republican primaries right now, so I can't get behind that."

When asked in September if he planned to endorse Trump, Massie told Spectrum News, "We'll see."

In a statement this week, Massie said he recently spoke with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and with Trump, and "I came to the conclusion that this presidential election is too important for me not to weigh-in on."

"I want to be part of the alignment that puts the focus back on regular people instead of corporations and bureaucracy," Massie said.

Massie was one of the only people (if not the only one) to oppose the covid bailouts in 2020, which he said amounted to the "largest wealth transfer from taxpayers to the super rich" in history.

Massie said that covid "stimulus should go straight to the people rather than being funneled through banks and corporations" as the bipartisan $6 trillion bailout bill was doing.

His stance drew Trump's ire and led to the then-president to call for him to be "thrown out" of the GOP.

...& costly. Workers & small businesses need money now in order to survive. Virus wasn’t their fault. It is “HELL” dealing with the Dems, had to give up some stupid things in order to get the “big picture” done. 90% GREAT! WIN BACK HOUSE, but throw Massie out of Republican Party!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 27, 2020

Massie nonetheless managed to defeat his primary challenger and went on to become perhaps the most influential member of Congress on Twitter due to his criticisms of AIPAC and the Israel Lobby.

Despite AIPAC spending over $300,000 to defeat him, Massie won again in 2024 and was reelected with 100% of the vote on Tuesday due to Democrats deciding not to even try running anyone against him.

[This post has been updated to clarify that the report claiming Massie accepted the position of Secretary of Agriculture was incorrect]

[Header image by Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0]

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