Time names Trump person of the year and Twitter has a lot to say
No matter how hard you try to ignore Donald Trump, he just won't go away.
On Wednesday, Time magazine announced Donald Trump as its "Person of the Year." On the cover, Time wrote that he'd become president of the "divided states of America." Twitter couldn't agree more.
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While some Trump supporters greeted the announcement with joy, others noted that the editorial was highly critical of him and the type of damage he's already caused. NeverTrumpers and Clinton supporters noted that Hitler and Putin had both received the award before and that this was no honor.
At a loss for words (or for words that constituted more than 140 characters), Twitter responded with jokes, GIFs and outrage.
Amusing how conservatives in my timeline bash the mainstream media ... until Trump gets TIME's Person of the Year. Then they gloat about it.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 7, 2016
Trump deserves to be Time Person of the Year 2016, because if this dumpster fire of a year needed human representation, he's it.
— Jim Sterling (@JimSterling) December 7, 2016
Person of the Year pic.twitter.com/3t5Q79YO29
— Elainovision, Again (@scattermoon) December 6, 2016
Look we can all be angry about Trump being TIME's Person Of The Year, but it's AT LEAST the 2nd worst thing they've picked pic.twitter.com/mQXV6bjZci
— Ryan Broderick (@broderick) December 7, 2016
This is the second time Donald Trump is winning something when somebody else got more votes. https://t.co/8KfsPgS2ia
— Sagar (@sagarcasm) December 7, 2016
Trump wins Time Person of The Year though Democrats insist Clinton won on the popular vote.
— HaveIGotNewsForYou (@haveigotnews) December 7, 2016
Imagine how mad online people would have been if Twitter had been around when TIME magazine declared Hitler its Person of the Year in 1938.
— Erin 🎶Gloria🎶 Ryan (@morninggloria) December 7, 2016
Time Magazine made Trump its person of the year because they know he'll buy 500,000 copies.
— Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) December 7, 2016
*wakes up*
*trump is person of the year, abortion basically banned in ohio*
*goes back 2 sleep sets snooze for 2020*— Jessica Samakow (@jsam1126) December 7, 2016
Donald Trump is TIME's Person of the Year in 2016. So don't be surprised when the 2017 award goes to the American protester.
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) December 7, 2016
Hard to argue w/@TIME's selection of PEOTUS Trump as POTY. He defied political gravity. He beat the odds. Divided and conquered. He won.
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) December 7, 2016
Donald Trump was named TIME magazine person of the year.
Not a great year to be a person.— Morgan Turner (@themorganturner) December 7, 2016
Time magazine names Trump their Person Of The Year pic.twitter.com/I8Tmm4rtcm
— 🍑Peaches Swearengen (@MrsAlSwearengen) December 7, 2016
Just a reminder.
Hitler.
Stalin.
Putin.
Trump.
Time Person of the Year.
Trump actually very much deserves to be in this company. pic.twitter.com/MTty3EMGGH— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 7, 2016
Congratulations, we guess, President-elect Trump.
