President-elect Donald Trump was named Time’s 2024 Person of the Year on Thursday.
This follows a tradition since 2000 in which the candidate who wins the U.S. presidential election every fourth year becomes Time’s Person of the Year, with former President George W. Bush winning it twice in 2000 and 2004 and former President Barack Obama doing so in 2008 and 2012.
“This year, it was an easier decision than in years past,” Time magazine Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs said on the Today show.
Jacobs said his outlet spent more time on the record with the president-elect this year than any other outlet. This was the 97th year that the magazine named the most influential person in the news.
Google released its top searches of 2024, in which Trump was among the top trending people. The “U.S. Election” was the top trending news search globally, over all other…
