On Thursday morning, President Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. President Trump was offered to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange shortly after being declared the winner of Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. As he signed the NYSE’s guest book, he was told he was the first president to ring the opening bell since President Ronald Reagan. Watch the moment here: BREAKING: Trump rings opening bell at NYSE. pic.twitter.com/6qp38ysZRz — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) December 12, 2024 President Trump signs the NYSE guest book and learns he is the first President to ring the bell since Ronald Reagan! Via @margomartin pic.twitter.com/qCWAZhX9Zr — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 12, 2024 Per CNBC: President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after vowing an economic boom to a cheering crowd of traders and business leaders. “We’re with you all the way,” the incoming Republican president said in the NYSE building in lower Manhattan, where he was invited after becoming TIME’s “Person of the Year” for the second time. Trump was flanked by Vice President-elect JD Vance, incoming first lady Melania Trump, NYSE President Lynn Martin and two of Trump’s children, Ivanka and Tiffany, as the bell chimed. At one point, the room broke into a chant of “U-S-A.” In brief remarks beforehand, Trump promised that his incoming administration would usher in “an economy the likes of which nobody’s ever seen before.” “We’re going to give tremendous incentive like no other country has,” Trump told the moneyed crowd, including by cutting taxes “very substantially.” Listen to the crowd chant “USA”: #BREAKING: President Trump just became the first President since Ronald Reagan to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange All while the crowd screams “USA! and “WE LOVE YOU DONALD!” America is BACK! pic.twitter.com/DFQSQ6yaYN — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 12, 2024 Per Fox Business: President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The Republican built his fortune as a New York real estate investor before turning to politics. During his first term as president, he measured his success in part by the strength of the stock market, which has so far welcomed his re-election. The ringing of the bell signifies the start or closing of the trading day at the world’s largest stock exchange, and is considered an honor. The act has historically been reserved for company executives celebrating an initial public offering or other major corporate milestones, but celebrities and politicians like Ronald Reagan, Nelson Mandela and Arnold Schwarzenegger have also rung it.