Trump as Time Person of the Year |
Time magazine’s 2016 Person of the Year goes to President-elect Donald Trump, its editors announced. The magazine cover features a photograph of Mr. Trump in his Trump Tower residence with the headline “Donald Trump: President of the Divided States of America.” Time Editor Nancy Gibbs said as a single individual he has so defied expectations, broken the rules, violated norms, beaten not one but two political parties on the way to winning an election that he entered with 100-to-1 odds against him. The decision, according to Ms. Gibbs, was a “straightforward” one. The title, conferred annually, goes to “the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year, for better or for worse. Similar to previous winners of the title, Trump had dominated headlines and conversations throughout the year despite drawing polarizing opinions about his character and capabilities. Trump said, it’s a great honor. It means a lot. Trump also said although he disagreed with the “Divided States of America” description. “I didn’t divide ‘em. We’re going to put it back together and we’re going to have a country that’s very well-healed.”
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