Tag: Person of the Year

Celebrities parody Trump’s claim he was offered Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

The following article by Alicia Cohn was posted on the Hill website November 25, 2017:

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Celebrities ranging from movie stars to professional athletes mocked President Trump for claiming Friday that he turned down being named Time’s “Person of the Year.”

Trump’s original tweet, which the magazine denied, claimed Time told him he was “probably” going to be named the magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2017. But Trump “took a pass.”

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Trump claims he took himself out of the running for Time’s ‘Person of the Year’

The following article by Jenna Johnson was posted on the Washington Post website November 24, 2017:

President-elect Donald Trump was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year in 2016.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump says that Time magazine was contemplating naming him the “Person of the Year” for a second year in a row but that he pulled himself out of the running because he didn’t want to participate in an interview and photo shoot.

“Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named ‘Man (Person) of the Year,’ like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot,” Trump tweeted on Friday evening. “I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!”

The magazine responded on Twitter later in the evening, writing: “The President is incorrect about how we choose Person of the Year. TIME does not comment on our choice until publication, which is December 6.” Continue reading “Trump claims he took himself out of the running for Time’s ‘Person of the Year’”