Donald Trump Rings NY Stock Exchange Bell as He's Named TIME Magazine's 'Person of the Year' | 12 Dec 2024 | President-elect Donald Trump just can't stop winning. On Thursday he rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange as he was confirmed TIME Magazine's "Person of the Year" and was met by cheers and applause from the trading floor as well as cries of "USA...USA." Trump was on Wall Street to mark the ceremonial start of the day's trading in a gesture first performed by President Ronald Reagan back in the mid-1980s. Before he rang the opening bell at 9:30 a.m., Trump spoke at the Exchange and called it "a tremendous honor."