President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year, the magazine announced on Thursday, becoming the second president in US history to lose re-election. Retake the White House After four years.
“Trump's political rebirth is unique in American history,” time said In the announcement. The magazine spoke to Trump before the announcement, telling them he called his withdrawal “72 days of rage.”
Trump beats a short list Final for the headline which also included Trump's billionaire ally, Vice President Kamala Harris Elon MuskIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Catherine, Princess of WalesAka Kate Middleton. ,Musk was the choice of the times In 2021.)
Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan to mark the occasion. According to the Associated Press, it was the first time a real estate mogul-turned-politician has rung the bell. Former first lady Melania Trump appeared with him in Manhattan, as well as his daughters Tiffany and Ivanka and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.
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Trump was also Time's Person of the Year in 2016When he defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the presidency, Washington's hopes were dashed.
“It's an honor, a tremendous honor,” Trump said Thursday. “And I have to say, Time magazine, this is the second time getting this honor. I think I liked it better this time, actually, but we did a good job.”
Trump is only the second president to hold office for a non-consecutive term, the other being Grover Cleveland in the late 1800s.
The magazine chronicled Trump's comeback during the Wild 2024 campaign: how he cleared the GOP field to clinch the nomination; He spent three weeks in a New York court in May before finally being convicted; Survived two assassination attempts; consolidated support from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk; And overcame the Democratic candidate swap.
The Time article said, “The election gave Trump the political capital to address the sources of American discontent at home and abroad.” “The question now is how he wants to spend it. In his view, Trump will push the limits of presidential power and the limits of the law.”
Trump tells TIME about some of his plans for the incoming administration, including defending his plan to use the military for mass deportations, not restarting family separations, and the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Including a plan to pardon in the first hour those imprisoned for. ..Maybe the first nine minutes.”
Trump also told the magazine that he told former Rep. matt getzTrump's First choice for Attorney General Who withdrew my name Upon reflection, he did not think “it was worth the fight.”
Since 2000, Time has crowned the winner of the presidential race Person of the Year, with the award jointly awarded to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in 2020. Former President Barack Obama won the title in 2008 and 2012, and former President George W. Bush won the title in 2008 and 2012. Bush held the title in both 2004 and 2000. Bill Clinton won the title in 1993 and 1998 (sharing with Kenneth Starr). George HW Bush in 1988, Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1983, and Jimmy Carter in 1976.
time has given a name person of the Year (originally called Man of the Year) every year since 1927, almost a century ago. The magazine does not describe the title as necessarily an honor or award, but says it selects based on an individual's influence and importance in a given year.
Before Carter, other presidents who held the title were Richard Nixon in 1971 and 1972, Lyndon Johnson in 1964 and 1967, John F. Kennedy in 1961, Dwight Eisenhower in 1959 (he also held the title in 1944 because he led the Allied forces in Europe during World War II), 1945 and Harry Truman in 1948 and Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, 1934 and 1941.
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