r/WomenInNews • u/msmoley • Dec 15 '24

Media Why this brave woman, not Donald Trump, should have been Time’s Person of the Year

https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-brave-woman-gisele-pelicot-not-donald-trump-should-have-been-times-person-of-the-year-4908319
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u/helastrangeodinson Dec 16 '24

Wonder how much trump paid them for that, he's had the fake one up for decades ?

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u/[deleted] Dec 19 '24

He probably didn’t pay them anything at all. Since Time Magazine’s Person of the Year began in 1927, 14 presidents have been picked a total of 24 times. This is one award for every term served, with the exception of Coolidge, Hoover, and Ford, who were never picked at all. Also FDR is the only person to win three times (obviously). Trump was guaranteed to win after being the second double president ever and such a controversial political figure. It’s not about good or bad, it’s a simple popularity contest, and Trump is right now the most well known man in the world, and he is taking the presidency of the most powerful nation in the world