Donald Trump named Time magazine’s Person of the Year 2016
President-elect Donald Trump has been selected as Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2016, the publication announced Wednesday.The real estate mogul told the Today show it was “a great honor” to be chosen.
Donald Trump is TIME’s Person of the Year 2016 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/5pTGOksevE pic.twitter.com/N8BtqTu9Nl
— TIME (@TIME) December 7, 2016
“For reminding America that demagoguery feeds on despair and that truth is only as powerful as the trust in those who speak it, for empowering a hidden electorate by mainstreaming its furies and live-streaming its fears, and for framing tomorrow’s political culture by demolishing yesterday’s, Donald Trump is TIME’s 2016 Person of the Year,” Time managing editor Nancy Gibbs wrote of his selection.
Trump’s rival for the presidency Democrat Hillary Clinton was No. 2 on the shortlist, which also included Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Beyoncé.
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