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Donald Trump was named Time magazine’s 2024 “Person of the Year” on Thursday for his recent election victory, marking the second time the magazine has named the president-elect.
The president-elect once said the magazine would never publish his name, but he had previously been named president-elect. … (+)
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Trump has been named “Person of the Year” for having “led a historic resurgence” characterized by “promoting a once-in-a-generation political realignment” and “reshaping the American presidency and changing America’s role in the world.” ” was selected. ” The time was announced.
Trump was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, billionaire Elon Musk, and podcast host Joe Rogan. defeated finalists including.
In an interview with TIME, President Trump said that as one of his first acts as president, he would pardon the rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, on a “case by case” basis, and “probably” within He said he intended to grant amnesty. First 9 minutes. ”
Time noted that President-elect Trump “(incited) a violent attack” on the Capitol in his first term as president after losing the 2020 presidential election.
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Commenting on Trump’s election, Time’s editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs said, “Since he began running for president in 2015, perhaps no individual has played a greater role in changing the course of politics and history than Trump.” ” he wrote.
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Winning the presidential election often guarantees being named Time’s Person of the Year, but the magazine has acknowledged several instances in which the president-elect was not honored. However, every U.S. president since Franklin D. Roosevelt has been selected by Time magazine at least once, with the exception of Gerald Ford. In 1952, Queen Elizabeth was chosen over Dwight D. Eisenhower, who won the election, and in 1968, the Apollo 8 astronaut who orbited the moon was chosen over Richard Nixon. Mr. Eisenhower was recognized for his role in World War II in 1944 and then reappointed in 1959. Mr. Nixon is serving his second term, having been appointed in 1971 and 1972. John F. Kennedy was elected. In 1961, one year after taking office.
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This is the second time Trump has been featured as Time magazine’s Person of the Year, having first been named in 2016. Since then, the title has been shared by President Joe Biden and Harris, and the pop star after the 2020 election. Taylor Swift will be on the cover of the magazine in 2023. Trump has previously criticized Time magazine’s selection process, writing in 2015 that the paper would then “never choose me as Person of the Year.” The then German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was chosen. In 2011, Trump claimed that Time magazine had “lost all credibility” after it removed him from its list of most influential people. President Trump called the list a “joke” and called Time a “magazine prank” after it was removed again in 2013. After being named Person of the Year in 2016, President Trump said the selection was a “huge honor.”
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