Trump is Time's Person of the Year - BBC News

Anyone that is outraged (or proud) about this clearly can't comprehend what it even represents.

Since 1992, the newly elected POTUS has been the "Time Person of the Year" every single election year; Clinton, Bush, Obama, and now Trump. This has simply become the status quo.

In essence, Time has created a tradition they can't break—absent some absurd once in a lifetime achievement/event—without showing what people would universally perceive as political bias. There's nothing to read into beyond that.

Republicans would be furious if Trump wasn't recognized in the same fashion that they have done for the President for the past 24 years. They'd see it as a huge snub and confirmation of "MSM bias". Trump would also have a field day on Twitter.

Democrats on the other hand would be equally vicious and would relentlessly latch on to it. They'd tout it as something akin to "Time taking a formal stance against Trump's Presidency by breaking with time honored tradition", or whatever headline would generate the most clicks and vitriol towards Republicans.

I'm tired of both sides of the political spectrum. I'm sick of everyone sensationalizing everything. This is a non-story, regardless of what side of the aisle you are on. Any website or individual that tries to say otherwise is trying to push their own agenda from the wrong (bullshit) angle.

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