Lack of Latino Nominees in Trump’s Cabinet Is Not Surprising
*There are two Latinos, Dr. Elsa Murano and Abel Maldonado who are said to be in the running for Secretary of Agriculture. But Trump’s own Ag advisory council wants a farmer for the post, not a political appointment (that’s what they say, anyway).
By Victoria Defrancesco Soto, NBC News (3 minute read) 
President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is almost complete. And there’s no denying its diversity — that is of the billionaires and just plain multi-millionaires, as former Obama adviser David Axelrod pointed out.
The incoming Cabinet is set to be the least racially and ethnically diverse in close to three decades. And as far as Latinos — zero — not one has been named. To put things in perspective, Latinos constitute over 17 percent of the population. Multimillionaires and beyond constitute a fraction of 1 percent of the population.
Recently there’s been some half-hearted flirtation with former California Lt. Gov. Abe Maldonado and former Texas A&M President Elsa Murano for agriculture secretary but I’m not holding my breath.
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