Trump: I turned down Time's 'Person of the Year'

[mobeau69]

Source: The Hill

President Trump said Friday that he turned down being named Time's "Person of the Year" after the magazine only told him he "probably" would be selected.

Trump's tweet Friday afternoon follows an online readerss poll that shows Trump being outperformed by singer Taylor Swift and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz for this year's honor.

This year's winner will be announced on Dec. 6.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/361750-trump-i-turned-down-person-of-the-year-honor-over-photo-shoot

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[COLGATE4]

1. BULL

SHIT

[forgotmylogin]

74. snrrk - "Man Person of the Year"

I enjoy opening comments on the Hill. Post one" "Yeah, they showed Trump." Post two: "Paedeophiles Clinton Emails MAGA Terrorism Benghazi snowflake triggered..."

I don't have to read far!

[FakeNoose]

82. Right - he turned it down when he found out

...he's sharing the cover with Hillary.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Trump says he has the proof ......... Don jr, Ivanka, Jared, Eric all heard it

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Just heard that on CNN.

Clearly it's a preemptive strike against the likelihood they'll pick someone else, something his ego couldn't stand. So he's all, "Oh, I got it last year so I really don't need it again, so that's fine with me, but of course they'd have given it it to me if I hadn't turned it down, since of course I am the most important person in the world, but since I told them I didn't want it this year they'll have to find someone else because they were only ever going to pick me and didn't even have a second choice figured out. Because of course it was always going to be me."

[SammyWinstonJack]

68. Ha!

[JI7]

4. That he would lie about something like this

Shows how fucked up he is.


Time person of the Year is not something one accepts or rejects.

Its about newsmakers.

Of course they got cowardly in 2001 when it should have been bin Laden since idiots view it as an honor when it is not.

[mobeau69]

16. Of course they got cowardly in 2001

True.

[Ligyron]

18. Precisely.

Jackass doesn't even know how that works, never mind the Presidency.

[JI7]

5. Remember he had the fake time magazine cover hanging

Somewhere

[mobeau69]

6. Fake, just like him.

The framed copy of Time magazine was hung up in at least five of President Trump’s clubs, from South Florida to Scotland. Filling the entire cover was a photo of Donald Trump.

“Donald Trump: The ‘Apprentice’ is a television smash!” the big headline said. Above the Time nameplate, there was another headline in all caps: “TRUMP IS HITTING ON ALL FRONTS . . . EVEN TV!”

[BigmanPigman]

50. That is what immediately came to my mind.

Foreign leaders know that they way to deal with him is through his enormous ego so they roll out the red carpet, parades, gold everything, etc. Maybe if the Dems did the same we could fool him into doing our bidding for us in a round about way. I heard that Chuck and Nancy meet with him along with Mitch and Paul next week. Should they pretend to kiss his feet to get what we want? Is he stupid enough to fall for it if they do attempt to try the flattery treatment?

[nocalflea]

7. The only way he would turn down a Time cover is if he had to share it with Bob Muellar. And even then...

Time's People of the year : Comey, Yates, Bharara, Boente... that would be a cover .

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I sure hope it's Bob Mueller.

That might be just enough to send Dolt 45 over the edge...

[nocalflea]

12. Yep. Epic troll.

Sadly, I think we'll have to wait a year for that.

[mobeau69]

17. Barack Obama would definitely do the trick!

[njhoneybadger]

20. That orange piece of shit would have a massive stroke

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. Are you suggesting that would be a *bad* thing?

[TheCowsCameHome]

25. I'd happily subscribe to Pay Per View for that.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

70. Won't be. Mueller has been working, not making news. Trump has been making news and not working.

2018 might see Mueller as Newsmaker of the Year.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

72. I know, but it would drive Dolt 45 crazy.

Maybe next year, when the whole sorry bunch has been indicted.

[Garion_55]

9. Time asks peoples permission to award them?

and if the person turns it down, Time picks someone else?

why am i thinking that thats not how it works?

[mobeau69]

13. Time will be calling Dotard out for this latest lie soon. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. It isn't. They don't advertise or solicit applications.

There's an on-line poll, but that doesn't determine who gets it. The editorial board decides based on who they think has been the most influential person during the year (but not necessarily in a good way), and the decision is kept secret, known to almost nobody, until just before they publish the issue. Time wouldn't tell Trump or anyone else whether they were considering them. Trump is talking out his ass as usual, but he's guarding his little snowflake of an ego against the possibility that someone else will be chosen.

Please, God, let it be Bob Mueller....

[xxqqqzme]

31. Oh, no

Then it is going to be putin!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Could be. Ayatollah Khomeini got it; so did Hitler, a couple times.

You don't have to be a force for good; you can be evil as shit and still get a Time cover.

[mobeau69]

35. How else would Dotard be in the running?

[SunSeeker]

10. Yeah, the same way he disinvites people who turn down White House invitations.

[Cattledog]

11. Baby of the year

:large

[Marie Marie]

23. ....

Hands down, my favorite photo of Trump so far. It truly captures his essence.

[Grammy23]

57. I would like to see that TIME cover on his wall.

He is so full of sh*t his eyes oughta be brown.

[area51]

75. Damn it, now I need eye bleach. n/t

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Try Hustler. They used to have a monthly feature..

..called "Asshole of the Month"

[Maeve]

22. Yeah and they also had a cartoon called "Chester the Molester" eom

[groundloop]

15. 45*:Did I get it?....... Time:NO FUCKING WAY !!! .......45*: Well I didn't want it anyway, so there.

WHAT A FUCKING BABY. I'm sure it's not news to anyone here, but we have a 2 year old occupying the White House

[pecosbob]

19. He shouldn't worry

he'll get his Newsweek cover after all...in an orange jumpsuit.

[JDC]

21. Seriously. What jackass.

[LenaBaby61]

27. Someone with a mental illness ....

IS installed and running this country .... scary

[mobeau69]

30. Yep. Who in their right f**king mind would even be thinking about this

on the day Egypt suffered their worst terrorist attack ever? He is one sick fuc.

[HipChick]

28. He's so full of shit..

[Denzil_DC]

29. Oh well, never mind. He made it into the Panama Papers instead. #MAGA etc. n/t

[guillaumeb]

33. He also turned down the Nobel Prize.

And numerous other awards.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

34. Has there ever been a more deluded, self-aggrandizing person

on the face of the earth?!

I'm glad you can laugh. Honestly. I wish I could. I just feel ill each time he reveals what an utter and dangerous narcissist he is and I remember that he is President of the United States of America.

***Full disclosure. When Colbert makes a joke about this, I will laugh. But until then, I'm heaving.

[unblock]

36. That's not how it works lol

[dalton99a]

37. Like he turned down a check for $0.13

[Bleacher Creature]

38. I turned down the AL Cy Young Award. NT

[VMA131Marine]

39. Trump already has Chris Kobach's voter fraud commission on the case ...

[TomCADem]

40. A Time magazine with Trump on the cover hangs in his golf clubs. Its fake.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-time-magazine-with-trump-on-the-cover-hangs-in-his-golf-clubs-its-fake/2017/06/27/0adf96de-5850-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html?utm_term=.826645cf2398

The framed copy of Time magazine was hung up in at least five of President Trump’s clubs, from South Florida to Scotland. Filling the entire cover was a photo of Donald Trump.

“Donald Trump: The ‘Apprentice’ is a television smash!” the big headline said. Above the Time nameplate, there was another headline in all caps: “TRUMP IS HITTING ON ALL FRONTS . . . EVEN TV!”

This cover — dated March 1, 2009 — looks like an impressive memento from Trump’s pre-presidential career. To club members eating lunch, or golfers waiting for a pro-shop purchase, it seemed to be a signal that Trump had always been a man who mattered. Even when he was just a reality TV star, Trump was the kind of star who got a cover story in Time.

But that wasn’t true. The Time cover is a fake.

[George II]

41. I turned it down first, and told them "why not give it to trump?"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

42. I've turned down a couple of Playmate of the Year photo shoots,

an Oscar, the Nobel Peace Prize and a scholarship to Juilliard. Actually I didn't tell the people in charge of these award that I was turning them down, but I definitely would have if they'd been offered. Definitely.

[CrispyQ]

43. They should give it to Obama.

[SFnomad]

44. I turned down Time's 'Person of the Year' ... said no Dotard ever n/t

[Sancho]

45. Delusions...

[Lil Missy]

46. Liar of the Century. n/t

[maddiemom]

47. Who brings up (or tweets) that kind of info?

Oh, right, Donald Trump. This is the first time I've ever heard of someone "turning down being named Time's Person of the Year." ( do they have that choice?) In other words, he didn't want to be shown as a runner-up to Taylor Swift, or whoever else, or was afraid (more likely) that this year's reasons would undermine and ridicule last year's reasons. Seriously, nine other presidents have been named twice (FDR three times). I doubt Dolt 45's reasons were that he didn't want to "be a hog" and accept the title twice. He DID want everyone to know he was in contention. Just another bizarre day in the life of DJT that we can all share...

[left-of-center2012]

48. Wth his ego, NO WAY !

I hope the Mayor of San Juan gets it.

[left-of-center2012]

49. "I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot"

Obviously not something that would interest Donald.

[elehhhhna]

51. save it he'll be person of the year after he is convicted.

[edbermac]

52. Hitler was Time magazine Person of the Year.

“From the unholy organist, a hymn of hate.”

[RainCaster]

53. His hearing is bad, the award was "Douche of the Year"

[Jake Stern]

54. Gawd. Sounds like that classic excuse the high school loser always used when he was dumped

"She didn't break up with me, I broke up with HER!"

[hay rick]

55. Pity. He could have joined Stalin and Nixon as a 2-time winner.

Hitler also won once.

[rocktivity]

56. TRANSLATION: Trump turned down Person Of The Year because he was ADVISED

that he DEFINITELY WOULDN'T be selected!

I mean, WHY would Time tell Team Trump that, and why would Team Trump then "leak" his turndown to the media? Because Team Trump ASKED Time about it, that's why!


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[blue neen]

58. He's such a loser.

[Thor_MN]

59. What radio station punked him?

[Grassy Knoll]

60. "Person Of Interest" Is More Like It...

......Idiot.

[sheshe2]

64. "Person Of Interest"

And the "Person Interested"

[rocktivity]

61. I'd like to see Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz Win

Maybe President Duh Donald's real motive for the turndown is that it would be too embarrassing to lose to her!

As for Taylor Swift, she must be deploying her fan base to turn it into a popularity contest. The highlights of her year involve getting caught in a lie about song lyrics read to her by Kanye West, announcing she'd decided to put her songs into music streaming after her record label cut a deal that put everyone on her label into music streaming...and successfully took a groper to court!


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[world wide wally]

62. Are we actually supposed to believe this bullshit?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

63. I wish I could find something humorous in this. He needs therapy, and right now. Anyway....

Vogue called to say I was PROBABLY going to be on every cover until Anna dies. Then Jesus called to say that I was PROBABLY going to get into Heaven and bump someone from the Trinity. I told them probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!

Link to tweet

[spike jones]

65. There is still time for the American Association of Proctologists to award him, Asshole Of The Year

[TexasBushwhacker]

66. They never choose the most popular anyway

If you ask me, the people of the year should be the women who have spoken up about sexual abuse and harassment.

[hamsterjill]

67. Uh yeah, he probably turned down Sexiest Man Alive, too!!!

Give me a freaking break.

He’s a pathological liar. He just makes shit up to rub his ego.

[rocktivity]

69. According to the story, Time responded:

Link to tweet

As of now, President Duh Donald is in a 32-way tie for second place behind Margaret Atwood.


rocktivity

[KY_EnviroGuy]

71. K & R. Thanks, you just beat me to the punch, LOL.

Saw that on another Twitter thread. Glad that Time is speaking up!

[jmowreader]

73. Time doesn't have the courage to select the right person as POY

Time awards Person of the Year to the person or people who most influenced the news, for good or evil.

The two most obvious ones are:

Good? Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone, who invented Twitter.

Evil? Kim Jong Un, who brought back public executions. (On edit: One of the people he had executed was his ex-girlfriend, who was shot for violating the pornography laws, not for writing the song "Excellent Horse-Like Lady.&quot

[Julian Englis]

76. Pitcher Noah Snydergaard pwns Trump in Tweet.

"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 a interpretive dance class at the interview time so I turned it down! No Thanks SI!!"

Link to tweet

[Blue Owl]

77. Sure as shit

n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

78. He turned down the Nobel Prize for Littature, too

But his tweets will soon be recognized as classics, along with Chaucer and Shakespeare.

They're the best tweets, believe me.

[Oneironaut]

79. lol Someones nose is growing

[paleotn]

80. Fucking liar.

[Solly Mack]

81. Now when he doesn't get it, his supporters will believe Trump and attack Time.

Trump has given his fellow freaks yet another grievance to get their tattered undies in a bind over.

If he doesn't get it, the Trump freaks will say, "Ha! Time magazine is fake news!".

Trump gives them gristle and they gnaw away at it.

[Nitram]

83. So that's why he posted fake covers of Time Magazine with himself as Man of the Year

in his club houses? What a putz.

[rocktivity]

84. UPDATE: Coincidence? Time Inc. Sells Itself to Meredith Corp.

Backed by Koch Brothers


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[mobeau69]

85. Interesting.

Time just ran with that LA times smear piece on Mueller.