Time Magazine disputes President Trump’s ‘Person of the Year’ claims – By Associated Press (nbcnews.com) / Nov 25 2017
Time magazine is disputing President Donald Trump’s claim that he rejected the magazine’s request for an interview and “major photo shoot” ahead of its “Person of the Year” issue.
In a tweet late Friday as he spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Florida, Trump sounded dismissive of the honor he received last year and could well receive again.
Trump said the magazine informed him he was “probably” going to be granted the title for the second year in a row. He tweeted: “I said probably is no good and took a pass.”
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 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! 5:40 PM – Nov 24, 2017 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump
Time later posted a tweet of its own disputing Trump’s account.
TIME @TIME The President is incorrect about how we choose Person of the Year. TIME does not comment on our choice until publication, which is December 6. 8:27 PM – Nov 24, 2017 https://twitter.com/TIME
Alan Murray, chief content officer at Time Inc, said there was “not a speck of truth” to the president’s claims.
Trump frequently brags about appearing on the cover of the iconic magazine. He has falsely claimed to hold the record for cover appearances, and was revealed earlier this year to have displayed fake issues of Time with himself on the cover at several of his private golf clubs.
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Famous sports personalities and actors also took to Twitter on Friday to mock the president’s claim that he had declined to be interviewed.
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill posted that “Time Magazine called to say that I was DEFINITELY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year” but I would have to agree to leak major #Ep8 spoilers.”
New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard tweeted: “Sports Illustrated called and said I was probably going to be Sportsman of the Year, but it was going to take a long photo shoot and interview. I’m not proud of my recent perm and have interpretive dance class at the interview time so I turned it down! No Thanks SI!!”
Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus and British tennis star Andy Murray also weighed in:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus “@nytimes just called to say I was PROBABLY going to be named comedienne of the 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!”
Andy Murray “Bbc just called to say I was PROBABLY going to be named sports personality of the 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!”
Time’s Person of the Year is defined by the weekly as “a person (or people) who has had the most influence over the news in the last 12 months.” Awarded since 1927, the accolade has gone to a wide variety of people — even Adolf Hitler, in 1938, and Joseph Stalin, in 1939 and 1942.
The magazine will unveil its Person of the Year on Dec. 6
PB/TK – He’s always gotta find a way to make sue he is the headline regardless of what’s going on in the world. Egyptian Mosque gets bombed, turns condolences into campaign for Southern Wall and Travel Ban. Wishes troops a Happy Thanksgiving and tells them they’ve only begun to win since he’s been in office (basically they’ve done nothing for the past 16 years of war on terror). Someone needs to turn POTUS Donnie ‘amish’ for a few hours and takeaway his electronics.
