Donald Trump Is Time Magazine's Person Of The Year

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38238892

Still, I suppose it could have been worse...........it could have been "Lord" you-know-who !

[anneasquith]

Talbot.........your prerogative ;-)

[-Talbot-]

I think some posters think it is an Oscar or a Grammy

[mikey4444]

Zebo....I had to check that and yes, you are absolutely correct !

1936....Wallis Simpson (!)

1942.....Joseph Stalin

Maybe the choice of Trump isn't so odd after all !

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, I think it's often a basic misunderstanding of the thinking behind 'Person of the Year' - not always a person of course.

I quite liked the 2006 choice, though many thought it purely a gimmick.

[naomi24]

Talbot at 14:18, I don't just think you're right - I know you're right. ;o)

[mikey4444]

1971 ....Richard Nixon (!)

1972.....Richard Nixon ( !! )

2007.....Putin ( but to be fair, he hadn't started killing innocent women and children in Syria back then )

[naomi24]

^And so it continues. :o)

[Mamyalynne]

Mikey...

//Person of the Year (called Man of the Year until 1999) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine, Time, that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that "for better or for worse...has done the most to influence the events of the year"//

[Peter Pedant]

Pierre Laval - PM de la belle France
was the only time personne of the year to be shot for treason !

1936 - 1946 or thereabouts

I mean it has to be Trumpo innit
as Tiime trades in the US
can you think of any paper owner saying 'yeah give Hillary a chance'
rather - that fat braaad is a has-been and as for that cack socking husband .....

[zebo]

Their reasons for choosing him are very ambivalent, something along the lines of 'a person of great influence for good or bad', their choice isn't necessarily a ringing endorsement.

[-Talbot-]

My reaction to some of the comments on this thread ... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Paris_Tuileries_Garden_Facepalm_statue.jpg

[naomi24]

Haaaaa! And that includes the 'best answer'. ;o)

[hereIam]

Yay - well done Mr Trump !

[Kromovaracun]

People who are upset about this (or really pleased about it) do not understand what Time's Person of the Year award means.

[hereIam]

And lol at Talbot.

[youngmafbog]

Go The Donald.

Good luck nect time Lord Farage, we know you will keep championing the masses and winding up the liberal left elitists.

[mikey4444]

I continue to be amazed at how the results of Eds Poll, where Trump's popularity got only 15.79%, with the huge amounts of support he now gets every day here on AB !

[youngmafbog]

Well I was one of the 15.79, so dont have a go at me!

[Mamyalynne]

I think we are wasting our time, trying to explain.

[naomi24]

If only Mikey would read the posts .... and stop to draw breath....