--- title: Donald Trump: See TIME's Cover Photo of President-Elect description: The cover photo captures the energy of the supporters who propelled Donald Trump to his upset victory over Hillary Clinton canonical: https://time.com/4564491/donald-trump-wins-time-cover/ author: Olivier Laurent article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-09T18:42:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:01:11.494Z article:section: World og:title: This Is TIME's Cover of President-Elect Donald Trump og:description: The cover photo captures the energy of the supporters who propelled Trump to victory og:url: https://time.com/4564491/donald-trump-wins-time-cover/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5764bc35d3fcd457/6988adda0a4a2247029cbfec/final-election-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump President-elect Election Time Magazine Cover 161121 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is TIME's Cover of President-Elect Donald Trump twitter:description: The cover photo captures the energy of the supporters who propelled Trump to victory twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5764bc35d3fcd457/6988adda0a4a2247029cbfec/final-election-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is TIME's Cover of President-Elect Donald Trump by [Olivier Laurent](/author/olivier-laurent/) ## Olivier Laurent Nov 9, 2016 6:42 PM CUT  President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters at his victory night party at 2:52 a.m. on Nov. 9 in New York City. President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters at his victory night party at 2:52 a.m. on Nov. 9 in New York City.Photograph by Chelsea Matiash for TIME by [Olivier Laurent](/author/olivier-laurent/) ## Olivier Laurent Nov 9, 2016 6:42 PM CUT [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4564113/donald-trump-victory-speech/ "undefined") defied the odds to [become the 45th U.S. President](http://time.com/4561400/election-results-2016-hillary-clinton-donald-trump/ "undefined"), putting him on the cover of TIME’s election issue. The cover photo, shot by TIME’s Chelsea Matiash in the early hours of Nov. 9 just a few minutes after [Hillary Clinton’s concession](http://time.com/4564143/hillary-clinton-concession-speech/ "undefined") call, shows Trump addressing his supporters and the nation. Looking to his left at his teleprompter with Vice President-elect Mike Pence at his side, Trump called for Americans of all political allegiances to unite behind him. The picture captures the energy of the supporters who propelled Trump to a historic victory. _Follow_ **_TIME LightBox_** _on_ [_Facebook_](https://www.facebook.com/timelightbox "undefined")_,_ [_Twitter_](https://twitter.com/timepictures "undefined") _and_ [_Instagram_](https://instagram.com/timelightbox/ "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4564491/donald-trump-wins-time-cover/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4564491/donald-trump-wins-time-cover/"},"headline":"This Is TIME's Cover of President-Elect Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-11-09T18:42:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:01:11.494Z","description":"The cover photo captures the energy of the supporters who propelled Trump to victory","url":"https://time.com/4564491/donald-trump-wins-time-cover/","keywords":["LightBox","photography","Behind the Photos","one-pic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5764bc35d3fcd457/6988adda0a4a2247029cbfec/final-election-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivier Laurent","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/olivier-laurent/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5764bc35d3fcd457/6988adda0a4a2247029cbfec/final-election-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump President-elect Election Time Magazine Cover 161121","caption":"Donald Trump President-elect Election Time Magazine Cover","creditText":"Photograph by Chelsea Matiash for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4564491/donald-trump-wins-time-cover/","name":"This Is TIME's Cover of President-Elect Donald Trump"}}]}] ```