Donald Trump is TIME magazine’s person of the year for 2016. It seems like an obvious choice, given the reality show icon’s unlikely victory over Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, after repeatedly dismantling the elite consensus regarding his viability as a candidate.
Time magazine names U.S. President-elect Trump Person of the Year https://t.co/vtp5mywUFS pic.twitter.com/yLP5SrmMYE
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) December 7, 2016
Pay close attention to this sequence. pic.twitter.com/k3tFrDLqCz
— Jeff B/DDHQ (@EsotericCD) December 7, 2016
Not everyone, however, is convinced that Trump is a good choice person of the year. Some internet users are outraged that Hillary Clinton, the candidate who lost to Trump against all odds, was not given the honor.
DEAR @TIME: Hillary broke a barrier that stood for 227 years. Trump bullied his way to the presidency. Any questions?#personoftheyear
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 7, 2016
No matter who TIME Mag. picks 4 POT year–Hillary Clinton will be the only Person Of The Year for me… pic.twitter.com/BaGdKJPWWk
— I. Shire Warren (@ishirewarren) December 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton is THE Person of the Year. She earned it. The 1st woman to run from a major party got more votes than any white man. Ever.
— Blind Willies (@williesband) December 7, 2016
But TIME did not fail to honor Hillary Clinton. The magazine named her the second most influential person of 2016, and described the failed nominee as “an American Moses” who came up just short.
Hillary Clinton, an American Moses, is runner up for #timepoy. My piece on the woman president who might have been: https://t.co/LtAs1ug2oI
— Charlotte Alter (@CharlotteAlter) December 7, 2016
“Like an American Moses, she was an imperfect prophet, leading women to the edge of the Promised Land,” Charlotte Alter writes of the almost-president in a lengthy profile. “Now it’s up to another woman to enter it.”
Even though Clinton will not become the first female president of the United States, she has already “made history,” Alter argues. The 69-year-old grandmother is “the woman who was almost President, she is what might have been and what will yet be.”
In other words, Clinton’s name might come up in conversations surrounding the inauguration of President Ivanka Trump in 2032.
Still, many people who don’t like Donald Trump were not happy to see his photo on the cover of a magazine they will never buy. Some observant social media users cleverly pointed out that Adolf Hitler was also named a TIME person of the year, as were a number of other unsavory historical figures, including Joseph Stalin and Ayatollah Khomeini.
Qualifications for Person of the Year- favors white people, inspires hateful rhetoric towards people of color and is a terrible person pic.twitter.com/2y8X6E5gbb
— Christine Campbell (@christineecampp) December 7, 2016
Hitler, Stalin (twice) and the Ayatollah Khomeini have all been named TIME's person of the year.
— Charlotte Alter (@CharlotteAlter) December 7, 2016
Donald Trump joins Hitler, Stalin, the Ayatollah Khamenei as TIME Person of the Year, and he thinks it is a compliment. https://t.co/9jyoOPH2fn
— A Once Great Nation (@ResisttheNazis) December 7, 2016
Donald Trump won Time Person of the Year.
So did Hitler in 1938 lmao
— JD Richardson (@jdrichardson23) December 7, 2016
Donald Trump is Times person of the year not surprising since he's the next hitler
— Dach Dander (@TheXandernator) December 7, 2016
Trump joins the ranks of Hitler, Stalin as Time's Person of the Year. https://t.co/tD5DcPSap2
— Rosyna Keller (@rosyna) December 7, 2016
Dems on Twitter: "Trump is Person of the Year, just like HITLER!"
Yeah, but also like Ghandi, MLK, & American Women. Not a great argument.
— Jason Handy (@JasonJHandy) December 7, 2016
Sad.
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