Time Magazine names Donald Trump as Person of the Year

After winning the United States Presidential elections, Donald Trump has another feather in his cap; he has been named as Person of the Year, by Time Magazine.

The announcement was made on Wednesday and it was explained that the reason Trump was chosen as the person of the year was his impact on American politics brought about by the New York mogul’s election campaign and victory.

“It’s hard to measure the scale of his disruption,” Time said in its announcement, noting Trump’s career as real estate magnate and reality television star before he won the presidency on Nov. 8.

“For those who believe this is all for the better, Trump’s victory represents a long-overdue rebuke to an entrenched and arrogant governing class,” the magazine said.

“For those who see it as for the worse, the destruction extends to cherished norms of civility and discourse, a politics poisoned by vile streams of racism, sexism, nativism.”

Donald Trump is a Republican president-elect, who will be sworn in on Jan. 20, as the President of the United States of America. He defeated his Democratic counterpart, Hillary Clinton through an unconventional and highly controversial campaign. His campaign drew views and opinions which were deeply divided.

“It’s a great honor, it means a lot,” Trump told NBC’s “Today” show in an interview shortly after the announcement.

But he rejected Time’s characterization of the country as fractured. The magazine’s cover called him the “president of the divided states of America.”

“I didn’t divide them, they’re divided now,” he told NBC. “We’re going to put it back together.” He added: “I think putting ‘divided’ is snarky.”

This time around, Time Magazine had a very short list of potential candidates for the title. Some other names on the list included; Hillary Clinton, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and singer Beyonce.

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