'Time' Names Donald Trump as Person of the Year 2024, Explain Why They Chose Him

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Donald Trump, who will become President on January 20, 2025, has been named Time‘s Person of the Year for 2024.

Time explained why he was chosen, despite being such a divisive figure. They wrote, “the individual who, for better or for worse, did the most to shape the world and the headlines over the past 12 months.

In many years, that choice is a difficult one. In 2024, it was not.” Keep reading to find out more… “Since he began running for President in 2015, perhaps no single individual has played a larger role in changing the course of politics and history than Trump,” they continued. “On the cusp of his second presidency, all of us—from his most fanatical supporters to his most fervent critics—are living in the Age of Trump.” “He won by enlarging his base, seizing the frustration over rising prices and benefiting from a global turn against incumbents.

With those tailwinds, exit polls suggest that he won the largest percentage of Black Americans for a Republican since Gerald Ford and the most Latino voters of any GOP nominee since George W.