It’s been a busy morning for President-elect Donald Trump…
On Thursday morning, Trump rang the bell to open the New York Stock Exchange after TIME Magazine announced him as their “person of the year.”
The Republican powerhouse built his fortune as a New York real estate investor before turning to politics.
The ringing of the bell signifies the start or closing of the trading day at the world’s largest stock exchange, and is considered an honor. The act has historically been reserved for company executives celebrating an initial public offering or other major corporate milestones, but celebrities and politicians like Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela and Arnold Schwarzenegger have also rung it.
After surviving two assassination attempts and a landslide election victory Donald J. Trump has had a big year, to put it mildly.
“For marshaling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a-generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency and altering America’s role in the world, Donald Trump is Time’s 2024 Person of the Year,” the magazine wrote.
It was widely expected Time would pick Trump; the magazine has bestowed the honor on the winner of that year’s presidential election in every race since George W. Bush in 2000. Trump was also named Person of the Year in 2016 when he first won the White House.
