We had already explained that Time magazine basically looks at the individual (or group of individuals) who have had the most influence in a particular year and pick such as their person of the year. So Trump’s emergence was not at all surprising, except maybe for liberals, who’d rather Hillary Clinton won it.

Here’s more perspective to shape your understanding of why Trump was the “only one” who fit the bill for ‘Time magazine’s Person of the Year’.

“For nearly 17 months on the campaign trail, Trump did what no American politician had attempted in a generation, with defiant flair. Instead of painting a bright vision for a unified future, he magnified the divisions of the present, inspiring new levels of anger and fear within his country. Whatever you think of the man, this much is undeniable: he uncovered an opportunity others didn’t believe existed, the last, greatest deal for a 21st century salesman. The national press, the late-night comics, the elected leaders, the donors, the corporate chiefs and a sitting President who prematurely dropped his mic—they all believed he was just taking the country for a ride. Now it’s difficult to count all the ways Trump remade the game: the huckster came off more real than the scripted political pros. The cable-news addict made pollsters look like chumps. The fabulist out-shouted journalists fighting to separate fact from falsehood. The demagogue won more Latino and black votes than the 2012 Republican nominee.”
(Source: Time Magazine)

"For reminding America that demagoguery feeds on despair and that truth is only as powerful as the trust in those who speak it…"

— The Runner (@je_mc2) December 7, 2016

"For empowering a hidden electorate by mainstreaming its furies and live-streaming its fears…"

— The Runner (@je_mc2) December 7, 2016

"And for framing tomorrow’s political culture by demolishing yesterday’s, Donald Trump is TIME’s 2016 Person of the Year"

— The Runner (@je_mc2) December 7, 2016

Hard to argue w/@TIME's selection of PEOTUS Trump as POTY. He defied political gravity. He beat the odds. Divided and conquered. He won.

— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) December 7, 2016

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