Donald Trump was sitting in a courtroom in lower Manhattan listening to a jury make him the first former president convicted of a crime. On Thursday, he will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange just blocks from that courthouse and as he was recognized by Time magazine as its person of the year.

President-elect Donald Trump has long considered Time’s person of the year his holy grail. He also won the title in 2016.

Donald Trump is expected to be named Time magazine's "Person of the Year" and to celebrate the unveiling of the cover, the president-elect will ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday morning,

President-elect Donald Trump is back in his hometown of New York to be honored as Time magazine’s Person of the Year and ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange

Time has named U.S. President-elect Donald Trump its "Person of the Year," the magazine said in a statement on Thursday.

In the lavish reception area, more than a dozen people have been waiting for nearly two hours for Donald Trump to emerge. His picks for ­National Security Adviser, special envoy to the Middle East, Vice President,