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Person of the Year is an annual issue of the American news magazine and website Time featuring a person, group, idea, or object that "for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year"
Oh yeah, this is completely benign.. Just don't look behind the curtain! ๐
It really is, though. They were going to put Bin Laden as person of the year after 9/11, and only decided against it because they were concerned about the safety of their writers from people who don't understand that it's not an endorsement.
This is how it's always been done. You can disagree with that policy, but in that context there's nothing untoward going on here.
And yes, Trump will certainly change the course of the United States, in huge ways. Surely you agree with that?
The problem is that Trump, and his believers, will see this as praise and affirmation on how he's the best. Now if Time made 2 categories, worst and best person of the year, things would be seen in a different perspective.