When Donald Trump was asked to explain his “unlikely resurrection” with his victory in the 2024 presidential election, he said his campaign had “struck the nerve of the country.” The country was angry.”

The president-elect made the comments during his Time Person of the Year cover story interview, as Trump won the prestigious print award for the second time.

recalled his recent campaign when interviewed by Time Magazine named Person of the Year 2024.

Trump was TimeHe was named Person of the Year in 2016 when he was elected President of the United States for the first time, defeating Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

In 2024, he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris, which will send him back to the Oval Office for a second, non-consecutive term.

Speaking to Time before his return to the White House, Trump described the final months of his campaign as “72 days of rage.”

As he prepares to return to the White House for his second and final term, Trump appeared pensive in the interview.

“It’s sad in a way… This will never happen again,” he said.

Trump also reiterated that he would grant pardons to many of those convicted in the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. “It will start in the first hour,” Trump announced about the pardons. “Maybe the first nine minutes,” he added.

Time Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs said his magazine chose Trump as its youngest person of the year “because he engineered a comeback of historic proportions, because he drove a once-in-a-lifetime political realignment, because he reshaped the American presidency and changed America’s role.” in the world.”