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The Washington Post

US President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter about Time magazine’s Person of the Year issue, which comes out every December.
And he had one answer for who should be Person of the Year: “Trump”.
“I don’t know, that is up to Time magazine,” he said, noting that he had been given the distinction in 2016.
“I can’t imagine anybody else other than Trump, can you imagine anybody else other than Trump?”
Trump has had a years-long fascination with Time magazine.
Last year he said he was told he was “probably” going to be given the Person of the Year distinction, but said he opted out because “probably is no good.”
The magazine disputed his account, but didn’t give specifics.

President Trump on who should be named Time’s Person of the Year: “That’s up to Time magazine. I’ve been there before. I can’t imagine anybody else other than Trump. Can you imagine anybody else other than Trump?" pic.twitter.com/HstoX6CeH8
— Kyle Morris (@RealKyleMorris) November 20, 2018

In 2016, when he was named the Person of the Year after he won the presidency, he told reporters that it “means a lot” and that it he considered it a “very, very great honour”.
But he has criticised the magazine’s choices, too: in 2011, when it chose “The Protester” as the person of the year, and 2012, when Chief Justice John Roberts Jnr made the cover.
‘I took a pass’: US President Donald Trump claims he turned down Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ nomination
That same year, Trump said Time had lost all its credibility when it didn’t include him in its Top 100 most influential people.

A fake Time magazine image with Trump on the cover adorned the wall at one of his golf clubs in 2017.
“This cover – dated March 1, 2009 – looks like an impressive memento from Trump’s pre-presidential career,” The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold reported.
“But that wasn’t true. The Time cover is a fake. There was no March 1, 2009, issue of Time magazine. And there was no issue at all in 2009 that had Trump on the cover.”


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Who should be Time Person of the Year? Trump can’t imagine anyone else but Trump

Donald Trump, then US President-elect, was named Time’s Person of the Year in 2016. File photo: AFP

DORAL, FLORIDA, JUNE 24, 2017 Framed portrait of President Donald Trump on the cover of a TIME Magazine and other magazine covers framed and hanging from a wall at the Trump National Doral Miami Golf Shop. (Photo by Angel Valentin for the Washington Post)

‘I took a pass’: US President Donald Trump claims he turned down Time’s ‘Person of the Year’ nomination

(FILES): This file photo obtained December 7, 2016 courtesy of TIME shows then US president-elect Donald Trump as Person of the Year cover. US President Donald Trump on Friday, November 24, 2017 said he turned down being named Time's “Person of the Year” after the magazine asked him for an interview and photo shoot but did not confirm he would be chosen. He tweeted: “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. “I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!” The magazine confers the distinction on a person who “for better or for worse … has done the most to influence the events of the year.” Trump was named the magazine's 2016 “Person of the Year” following his election, in an edition which carried the title “President of the Divided States of America.” / AFP PHOTO / TIME Inc. / Nadav KANDER / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: "

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Trump was named the Person of the Year in 2016 after he won the presidency
He complained on Twitter in 2012, 2014 and 2015 about not being picked


There’s no mistaking who US President Donald Trump thinks should be Time magazine’s Person of the Year.


Who should be Time Person of the Year? Trump can’t imagine anyone else but Trump

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Trump was named the Person of the Year in 2016 after he won the presidency

He complained on Twitter in 2012, 2014 and 2015 about not being picked