President Donald Trump is expected to pick Sam Clovis, a conservative talk show host who campaigned for Trump in Iowa, for the position of "chief scientist" at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), reported ProPublica and the Washington Post this weekend. The 2008 Farm Bill dictates that the USDA's chief scientist be selected "from among
Trump Taps Conservative Talk Show Host As USDA Chief Scientist
Sam Clovis has no science background and characterized climate change as “junk science”.