Donald Trump named Time’s 2024 Person of the Year
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President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time Magazine’s 2024 “Person of the Year.”
The legacy news magazine announced the decision Thursday morning, highlighting Trump’s political rebirth and realignment of American politics.
Time described Trump on the list of finalists as having won the 2024 election “in a stunning political comeback.”
“His 2024 win is history-making in multiple ways: he will be the oldest president in U.S. history, and he was convicted earlier this year by a New York jury of 34 counts of fraud, making him the first convicted felon to be elected President.”
Time Magazine editors ultimately decide who wins the award.
“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,” Time Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs said in a letter to readers.
Trump, 78, plans to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange to commemorate the honor alongside several of his family members.
Trump was previously named Time Person of the Year in 2016.
