On December 7^th 2016, President-elect Donald Trump was named TIME’s 2016 Person of the Year.

In response to this honor, Trump told Matt Lauer of the Today show that, “[t]o be on the cover of TIME as Person of the Year is a tremendous honor.” Mr. Trump has previously appeared on the cover of TIME nine times. He was the runner-up for the honor in 2015.

Trump was chosen as TIME‘s Person of the Year because of the revolution he stirred within the lower classes, and his non-conventional political experience, both of which contributed to his winning the presidency. Trump did not follow the traditional party rules and party lines; he practically destroyed what the public thought traditional political campaigns are about. According to Nancy Gribbs at TIME in her “The Choice” article, “to his believers, he delivers change—broad, deep, historic change, not modest measures doled out in Dixie cups.”

During the presidential election season, a primary focus was Trump’s finances. In his interview with TIME, Trump highlighted the difference between his socioeconomic standing and that of his supporters. Trump appeals to those who feel disenfranchised by the current government.

Michael Scherer of TIME wrote in the Person of the Year article that Trump is “a billionaire who branded excess claiming the slogans of the proletariat.”

During his interview with the Today show, Trump asserted that although TIME called him the “President of the Divided States of America,” he “didn’t divide them. They’re divided now… and we’re going to put it back together.”

TIME has named the person or group that it finds has had the greatest influence within the past year “Person of the Year” since 1927.

Every US President, with the exception of three, has been a Person of the Year at least once. The President-elect is continuing this tradition. Trump is now alongside former winners Andrew Jackson, Harry Truman, Elizabeth II, Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and, in 2006: “You.”

Hillary Clinton was named the runner-up.