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Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Time magazine on Thursday named President-elect Donald Trump as Person of the Year in 2024 for his improbable return to the U.S. presidency. Time editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs called Trump's return to power a "comeback of historic propositions" given being impeached twice during and first term in office and mounting legal troubles in the four following years.
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"On the cusp of his second presidency, all of us -- from his most fanatical supporters to his most fervent critics -- are living in the Age of Trump. [He] has remade American politics in the process.
"He won by enlarging his base, seizing the frustration over rising prices and benefiting from a global turn against incumbents. Now we watch as members of Congress, international institutions, and global leaders once again align themselves with his whims."
Time pointed to Trump overcoming potentially crippling state and federal court action, surviving an assassination attempt, and switching political gears after Vice President Kamala Harris replaced Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket on his path to the White House.
"He dispatched his Republican rivals in near record time," Time said. "For weeks, he campaigned largely from the New York courtroom where he would be convicted on 34 felony counts.
"He survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally. In the sprint that followed, he outlasted Vice President Kamala Harris, sweeping all seven swing states and emerging from the election at the height of his popularity."
The magazine said that Trump is now in a position to forever reshape the office of the presidency over the next four years.
Trump was also named Time's Person of the Year when he was first elected president in 2016 with then-Editor-in-Chief Nancy Gibbs saying the distinction is chosen based on the "individual who has had the most influence on events, for better or worse."
