President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday morning just minutes after TIME magazine named him 2024’s “Person of the Year.”
As he rang the bell, Trump was joined by Vice President-elect JD Vance, Melania Trump, NYSE President Lynn Martin, and two of his children, Ivanka and Tiffany.
At one point, a chant of “USA” broke out among traders on the floor.
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“We’re going to give tremendous incentive like no other country has,” Trump said in brief remarks before the event. “We’re cutting your taxes. We’re going to cut them very substantially.”
Trump said companies that produce their products in the U.S. will have lower tax rates than companies that outsource…
