Donald Trump is expected to be named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year,” and to celebrate the cover reveal, the president-elect will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning, according to three people familiar. with the topic. plans granted anonymity because they were not authorized to disclose the honor.
Last year, pop superstar Taylor Swift won the honor. To commemorate the magazine’s cover reveal, Time CEO Jessica Sibley rang the opening bell.
Trump was also named Time’s Person of the Year in 2016 after winning the presidential election. He joins 13 other US presidents who have received the recognition, including President Joe Biden.
A shortlist for Time Person of the Year was announced on NBC’s “The Today Show” on Monday and included Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, Kate Middleton, Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu.
Time already announced NBA star Caitlin Clark as Athlete of the Year, Elton John as Icon of the Year and Lisa Su of Advanced Micro Devices as CEO of the Year.
A Time spokesperson said the magazine “does not comment on its annual Person of the Year selection before publication. “This year’s election will be announced tomorrow morning, December 12, on Time.com.”
The incoming president has long been obsessed with appearing on the covers of magazines, especially Time.
“Person of the Year” is for a journalist who has had a significant impact on the events of the year, and in the past has included people ranging from Winston Churchill and Queen Elizabeth II to Vladimir Putin and Joseph Stalin.
In 2013, Trump called the magazine’s annual list of influencers “a joke and a gimmick by a magazine that, like Newsweek, will soon be dead. Bad list!
And in 2015, Trump complained that he was not chosen for the magazine’s cover, but by then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But he went on to say that being named “Person of the Year” is a “great honor.”
“It means a lot, especially to me, who grew up reading Time magazine. And, you know, it’s a very important magazine,” Trump said.
Trump has appeared on the cover of a magazine three times this year.