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Donald Trump Named TIME's 2024 Person of the Year for Second Time After 2024 Election Win

Dec 17, 2024, 05:26 PM

Former President Donald Trump has been named TIME magazine's 2024 Person of the Year, marking the second time he has received the title, with the first being in 2016. TIME's editors cited his historic political comeback, which saw him win the 2024 U.S. presidential election after defeating Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee. Trump’s victory made him only the second president in U.S. history, after Grover Cleveland, to lose the White House and later reclaim it. His campaign was marked by significant events, including surviving an assassination attempt at a campaign rally, dominating the Republican primary, and winning the largest percentage of Black and Latino voters for a Republican candidate in decades. TIME highlighted Trump’s role in reshaping American politics, driving a generational political realignment, and altering the presidency's influence both domestically and globally. The magazine emphasized that the title reflects the individual who most shaped the world and headlines, for better or worse, over the past year.