Headline Roundup • December 12th, 2024
Time Magazine's 'Person of the Year' Is Donald Trump
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Thursday, Time Magazine (Lean Left bias) announced that its "Person of the Year" for 2024 is President-elect Donald Trump.
The Details: Trump was named "Person of the Year" for his second time, with his first being in 2016. He also rang the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell Thursday morning. He was chosen among a shortlist that included Vice President Kamala Harris, entrepreneur Elon Musk, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton. In his interview with Time, Trump discussed his campaign, his cabinet appointments, his mass deportation plan, the Education Department, foreign wars, and other priorities.
For Context: Time has been awarding the "Person of the Year" title since 1927, recognizing a figure who has "most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year." Last year's winner was Taylor Swift. All but three U.S. presidents have been awarded the title at least once; the only figure to win it three times was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Key Quote: "This is someone who made a historic comeback, who reshaped the American presidency and who's reordering American politics." Time Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs said.
How The Media Covered It: The New York Post (Lean Right) highlighted Trump's response to the honors and Jacobs' comments. Fox News (Right bias) and Politico (Lean Left) mentioned Trump's past comments in 2015 and 2017 when he was passed over for the award.
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“It’s been an honor. And every time, it’s an honor” Trump said about being named Person of the Year, again.
Trump also joked that Time coordinated their pick to line up for his trip to the New York Stock Exchange Thursday morning to ring the opening bell.
“They brilliantly picked them both at the same time… and it only takes me one trip,” he said of his return to his native New York.
Photograph by Platon for TIME
President-elect Donald Trump, TIME’s 2024 Person of the Year, sat down for a wide-ranging interview at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla., on Nov. 25.
Over the course of the interview, Trump discussed his election victory, the economy, and the situations in Ukraine and the Middle East. He also spoke about his plans for a second term, including deporting millions of migrants and pardoning Jan. 6 defendants, as well as the future of the MAGA movement.
Below is a transcript, lightly edited for clarity, of the interview, which was conducted by TIME National Political Correspondent Eric...
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