TIME's Person of the Year: President-Elect Donald J. Trump

[Steel]

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[quote]Even for Donald Trump, the distance is still fun to think about, up here in his penthouse 600 ft. in the sky, where it’s hard to make out the regular people below. The ice skaters swarming Central Park’s Wollman Rink look like old-television static, and the Fifth Avenue holiday shoppers could be mites in a gutter. To even see this view, elevator operators, who spend their days standing in place, must push a button marked 66–68, announcing all three floors of Trump’s princely pad. Inside, staff members wear cloth slipcovers on their shoes, so as not to scuff the shiny marble or stain the plush cream carpets.

This is, in short, not a natural place to refine the common touch. It’s gilded and gaudy, a dreamscape of faded tapestry, antique clocks and fresco-style ceiling murals of gym-rat Greek gods. The throw pillows carry the Trump shield, and the paper napkins are monogrammed with the family name. His closest neighbors, at least at this altitude, are an international set of billionaire moguls who have decided to stash their money at One57 and 432 Park, the two newest skyscrapers to remake midtown Manhattan. There is no tight-knit community in the sky, no paperboy or postman, no bowling over brews after work.

And yet here Trump resides, under dripping crystal, with diamond cuff links, as the President-elect of the United States of America. The Secret Service agents milling about prove that it really happened, this election result few saw coming. Hulking and serious, they gingerly try to stay on the marble, avoiding the carpets with their uncovered shoes. On his wife Melania’s desk, next to books of Gianni Versace’s fashions and Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry, a new volume sits front and center: The White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families.

For all of Trump’s public life, tastemakers and intellectuals have dismissed him as a vulgarian and carnival barker, a showman with big flash and little substance. But what those critics never understood was that their disdain gave him strength. For years, he fed off the disrespect and used it to grab more tabloid headlines, to connect to common people. Now he has upended the leadership of both major political parties and effectively shifted the political direction of the international order. He will soon command history’s most lethal military, along with economic levers that can change the lives of billions. And the people he has to thank are those he calls “the forgotten,” millions of American voters who get paid by the hour in shoes that will never touch these carpets—working folk, regular Janes and Joes, the dots in the distance.

It’s a topic Trump wants to discuss as he settles down in his dining room, with its two-story ceiling and marble table the length of a horseshoe pitch: the winning margins he achieved in West Virginia coal country, the rally crowds that swelled on Election Day, what he calls that “interesting thing,” the contradiction at the core of his appeal. “What amazes a lot of people is that I’m sitting in an apartment the likes of which nobody’s ever seen,” the next President says, smiling. “And yet I represent the workers of the world.”

The late Fidel Castro would probably spit out his cigar if he heard that one—a billionaire who branded excess claiming the slogans of the proletariat. But Trump doesn’t care. “I’m representing them, and they love me and I love them,” he continues, talking about the people of Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the struggling Rust Belt necklace around the Great Lakes that delivered his victory. “And here we sit, in very different circumstances.”[/quote]
[url=http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/]TIME[/url]

[Johnny Guitar]

I remember "YOU" as person of the year, this is a step up, albeit a baby step.

[SirJon]

So when's the first Hitler comparison coming up in this thread?

[LoneWolf_Recon]

[QUOTE][B]The late Fidel Castro would probably spit out his cigar if he heard that one—a billionaire who branded excess claiming the slogans of the proletariat.[/B] But Trump doesn’t care. “I’m representing them, and they love me and I love them,” he continues, talking about the people of Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania, the struggling Rust Belt necklace around the Great Lakes that delivered his victory. “And here we sit, in very different circumstances.”[/QUOTE]

As much as I dislike him as TIME's POTY (and in general), remember that its the most talked about person (good or bad).

That said, the last line isn't going to hold much water considering how Trump is making these job deals (i.e. The Carrier deal that's still outsourcing)

[knimren]

He was/is the most controversial candidate-and-now-president in history. I kinda saw it coming from Time for choosing him. They love doing this.

[AnnieOakley]

I wonder if 2020's election will be as volatile and depressing after this year's.

[myon]

[QUOTE=AnnieOakley;51492244]I wonder if 2020's election will be as volatile and depressing after this year's.[/QUOTE]

whether or not you like the result you gotta admit, it was entertaining aswell. I hope we get a very entertaining, but also less of a toxic circus show next time.

but then again this is politics

[LoneWolf_Recon]

[QUOTE=AnnieOakley;51492244]I wonder if 2020's election will be as volatile and depressing after this year's.[/QUOTE]

Hopefully not (Assuming Trump doesn't go for a second term), a majority of Americans are worn out from this rollercoaster of a year/election cycle.

I can only pray that Bernie, someone like him or someone alot more moderate (democrat or republican) than Trump or any of his cronies gets into office.

[editline]7th December 2016[/editline]

[QUOTE=Limed00d;51492250]whether or not you like the result you gotta admit, it was entertaining aswell. I hope we get a very entertaining, but also less of a toxic circus show next time.

but then again this is politics[/QUOTE]

Its easy to say that its entertaining when you don't live in the US.

[myon]

[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;51492258]Its easy to say that its entertaining when you don't live in the US.[/QUOTE]

you do know the elections affect more countries than the us?

[Bradyns]

I don't like him, but I can understand why Time afforded this to him.

[LoneWolf_Recon]

[QUOTE=Limed00d;51492268]you do know the elections affect more countries than the us?[/QUOTE]

Yes, considering the US is arguably the head of NATO and our military presence is ingrained nearly everywhere.

Also our economic ties are so globalized that if we had any significant changes it'd impact all major world powers local economies.

I'm not ignorant of this fact, but I didn't find this election entertaining because it not supposed to be reality TV, it supposed to be a proper professional election cycle to determine who's the most fit for the presidency.

And we got this clown.

[Lollipoopdeck]

clearly it was rigged

[AnnieOakley]

[QUOTE=Limed00d;51492250]whether or not you like the result you gotta admit, it was entertaining aswell. I hope we get a very entertaining, but also less of a toxic circus show next time.

but then again this is politics[/QUOTE]

I found it more depressing than anything. Both candidates gave me indigestion of the mind as both were obnoxious pricks in their characters. Frankly I'm praying that, in 12 days, there are enough faithless electors to keep him out of office so that this migraine of a man and his reprobates of subordinates can fall out of the spotlight even though I doubt such an event occurring.

[BlackMageMari]

Not surprised.

Would have probably picked Boris Johnson for his significant part in permanently fucking up the United Kingdom for decades to come but I'm totes not bitter about that in the slightest due to the affect it will have on us.

[bunguer]

-snip-

[Hail Satan]

I bet this makes his ego hard, all this recognition for nothing.

[BlackMageMari]

[QUOTE=Lolkork;51492241]If you aren't that familiar with Time's person of the year:

[URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Person_of_the_Year[/URL]

It would have been weird if he wasn't the person of the year.[/QUOTE]

Here is an interesting part from the Wikipedia page:

[QUOTE]As a result of the public backlash it received from the United States for naming Khomeini as Man of the Year in 1979, Time has shied away from using figures who are controversial in the United States due to commercial reasons.[8] Time's Person of the Year 2001, immediately following the September 11, 2001 attacks, was New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, although the stated rules of selection, the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest effect on the year's news, made Osama bin Laden a more likely choice. The issue that declared Giuliani the Person of the Year included an article that mentioned Time's earlier decision to select the Ayatollah Khomeini and the 1999 rejection of Hitler as "Person of the Century". The article seemed to imply that Osama bin Laden was a stronger candidate than Giuliani, as Adolf Hitler was a stronger candidate than Albert Einstein. The selections were ultimately based on what the magazine describes as who they believed had a stronger influence on history and who represented either the year or the century the most. According to Time, Rudolph Giuliani was selected for symbolizing the American response to the September 11th attacks, and Albert Einstein selected for representing a century of scientific exploration and wonder.[/QUOTE]

Do you think that if Clinton had won they would have still named him?

[editline]7th December 2016[/editline]

[QUOTE=Lambeth;51492381]I bet this makes his ego hard, all this recognition for nothing.[/QUOTE]

I mean I hate the guy but I don't see how getting recognised for winning the election is nothing...

[Balblair]

He certainly stood out this year. Seems like a fitting award.

[SirJon]

[QUOTE=Trebgarta;51492236]You know who else used to shitpost this hard?

Hitler.

Then he died. Coincidence?[/QUOTE]

Well, I can only recommend you to get life insurance then

[AxeI]

Trump's a good summary of the year 2016 indeed.

[AK'z]

at least it wasn't Nigel Farage...

[Féz]

[QUOTE=AnnieOakley;51492244]I wonder if 2020's election will be as volatile and depressing after this year's.[/QUOTE]

I hope Kanye gets enough voters so he can go to the debates.

[Twistai]

dayym dats raycis 'nam sayin??

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[OneFourth]

[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;51492258]

Its easy to say that its entertaining when you don't live in the US.[/QUOTE]

it was just way more entertaining in the US

[Loli Lover]

[QUOTE=FezianEmperor;51492628]I hope Kanye gets enough voters so he can go to the debates.[/QUOTE]

I hope he becomes president

[Saturn V]

loving that cover photography

especially how his shadow is looming in the background somewhat threateningly

[Hail Satan]

[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;51492389]I mean I hate the guy but I don't see how getting recognised for winning the election is nothing...[/QUOTE]

Winning time man of the year is purely a newsmaker award. He won this for being in the news the most, which means nothing.

[counterpo0]

Good on him deserved it quite well.

[Hail Satan]

[QUOTE=Cructo;51492993]if he had lost he wouldn't be the "time person of the year" though[/QUOTE]

Give me your alternate reality machine, I don't want to live in a trump presidency.

[BlackMageMari]

[QUOTE=Cructo;51492993]if he had lost he wouldn't be the "time person of the year" though[/QUOTE]

Honestly he probably would have been. This was likely decided months ago.