New York: US President-elect Donald Trump was on Thursday honored as the ‘2024 Time Person of the Year’ by ‘TIME’ magazine. Trump has been given this honor for his spectacular comeback in the elections and changing America’s role in the world. The magazine has awarded Trump this special title for ‘leading the political change that happens once in a generation’ and ‘giving a new dimension to the US presidency’. Trump became president for the first time in 2016 and has created history by winning the recently concluded US presidential elections.
‘This time it’s even better’
‘TIME’ announced the ‘Person of the Year’ on Thursday. Let us tell you that this is a well-known title in the world, which has been given for the last 97 years to a person whose good or bad deeds during the last 12 months have changed the world and who has contributed more to making headlines. Trump was also chosen as the ‘Person of the Year’ by Time magazine after winning the presidential election in 2016. Before ringing the bell at the New York Stock Exchange, Trump said, ‘Time magazine, this is the second time I have received this honor, I think this time it is even better.’ Time magazine said that the American presidency may have evolved in the current era, but its influence has not diminished.
There was competition with Kamala Harris here too
‘TIME’ magazine said, ‘Today, we are once again seeing the rise of populism. There is growing distrust in the institutions that defined the last century and the belief that liberal values will make the lives of most people better is diminishing. Trump has been through all this.’ Among the final contenders for this year’s honor, which was nominated by TIME magazine, Trump was included along with Vice President Kamala Harris, Elon Musk, the owner of several companies including the social media platform X, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Princess of Wales Kate Middleton.