Trump is named Time's Person of the Year for 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday, after he became only the second president in U.S. history to lose reelection and then reclaim the White House four years later.
"Trump's political rebirth is unparalleled in American history," Time said in the announcement. The magazine spoke to Trump ahead of the announcement, in which he told them he called his comeback "72 Days of Fury."
Trump beat out a short list of finalists for the title that included Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump's billionaire ally Elon Musk, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Catherine, Princess of Wales, aka Kate Middleton. (Musk was Time's choice in 2021.)
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