Time Magazine Names Donald Trump ‘Person of the Year’ for Second Time

THE GUARDIAN: Every president since Franklin D Roosevelt – but Gerald Ford – has won title at least once, making it a rite of passage

This is a screenshot taken from this article in today’s Guardian. | Donald Trump campaigns in Salem, Virginia, on 2 November 2024. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP
Donald Trump has once again become Time magazine’s coveted “Person of the Year”, securing the annual recognition for a second time in less than a decade.

The publication’s naming of the world’s most consequential figure of 2024 was dramatized by Trump ringing the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell on Thursday morning.

The president-elect, who previously won the title in 2016, beat out a shortlist of Vice-President Kamala Harris; Catherine, Princess of Wales; the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu; the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum; the billionaire Elon Musk and the podcast sensation Joe Rogan. » | Joseph Gedeon in New York | Thursday, December 12, 2024

One has to hand it to Mr Trump, he keeps good company. Adolf Hitler was ‘Man of the Year’ back in 1938! (They weren’t so politically correct back then, it was ‘Man of the Year’ not ‘Person of the Year’.) Please check this out:

Adolf Hitler: Man of the Year, 1938 »

By the way, is that a halo I observe above Trump’s head? Is he being blessed by the Almighty? – © Mark Alexander