President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Elaine Chao to be his Secretary of Transportation quickly became a trending topic on social media as major news outlets spread the word and the exchange of opinions lit up the Twittersphere. And that’s saying something: Based on this trend-bot report, Chao is right up there with a missing wife scandal, the NBA champs, an actor with a pregnant girlfriend, a 19th century Indian inventor and the Brazilian soccer tragedy.