Time Magazine named US President-elect Donald Trump “Person of the Year” on Thursday (Dec 12). This is the second time the news magazine has honored the Republican with the title since 2016. “Trump’s political rebirth is unparalleled in American history,” Time said in the announcement.
Trump later rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized by Time magazine as its Person of the Year for the second time. Trump was accompanied by his wife, Melania Trump, daughters Ivanka and Tiffany, and Vice President-elect JD Vance. Before ringing the opening bell at the exchange, Trump described it as “a tremendous honor.”
Time Magazine, getting this honor for the second time, I think I like it better this time, actually,” he said. “I think we’re going to have a tremendous run. We have to straighten out some problems, some big problems in the world,” he added. The magazine said this recognition was due to Trump’s greatest influence on global affairs, “for good or for ill.”
In a letter to readers, Time Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs said, “For marshaling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a-generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency and altering America’s role in the world, Donald Trump is TIME’S 2024 Person of the Year.”