USA "Time" magazine names Trump "Person of the Year"

The US "Time" magazine has named President-elect Donald Trump as its Person of the Year 2024. "Trump's political rebirth is unprecedented in American history," the magazine wrote in justification.

"Since he ran for president in 2015, perhaps no person has changed the course of politics and history as much as Trump."

The "Time" editorial team has been honoring the most influential personalities in world affairs since 1927. It is therefore about the person "who, for better or worse, has most shaped the world and the headlines of the past twelve months".

In many years, the choice is a difficult decision, the magazine wrote. "In 2024, it was not." Shortly before the Republican's second term, "everyone - from his most fanatical supporters to his harshest critics - was living in the age of Trump".

The 78-year-old had clearly won the presidential election at the beginning of November against his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris. After his first - then still surprising - election victory in 2016, Time magazine had already named Trump "Person of the Year" once before.