Donald Trump has been named Person of the Year by Time magazine.
The president elect – who previously took the title in 2006 – beat out a shortlist that included his White House rival, Vice-President Kamala Harris, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu, Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, Catherine, Princess of Wales, controversial podcaster Joe Rogan, and billionaire X boss Elon Musk to take the coveted accolade.
In an accompanying interview, the 78-year-old business mogul revealed one of his first acts when he returns to office will be to pardon most of the rioters accused or convicted of storming the Capitol after he lost the last election.
He said: “It’s going to start in the first hour. Maybe the first nine minutes.”
In addition, Trump also plans to reverse many of current president Joe Biden’s Executive Orders, expand the drilling of oil on federal land, and crack down on immigration, the latter of which he plans to force foreign governments to cooperate with.
He said: “I’ll get them into every country, or we won’t do business with those countries.”
And if Trump’s bills are blocked through Congress, he will take action to force his position.
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He said: “If I have even a little bit of trouble. I go to an Executive Order because I can get it done.”
Time’s Person of the Year is who the magazine view as “the individual who, for better or for worse, did the most to shape the world and the headlines over the past 12 months”
