Richard Stengel, a former Time editor, also tweeted: “Hate to tell you but that PROBABLY means you’re NOT Person of the Year. They just wanted a photo shoot. But I’m sure you still have that fake TIME cover somewhere in storage.”
Trump has long been obsessed with having his face on the cover of magazines, especially Time magazine, and he has compared himself to a “supermodel, except, like, times 10.” Many of his clubs are decorated with many of these covers — including, up until recently, a fake March 2009 Time cover that featured the real estate developer and proclaimed: “TRUMP IS HITTING ON ALL FRONTS . . . EVEN TV!”
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump says that Time magazine was contemplating naming him the “Person of the Year” for a second year in a row but that he pulled himself out of the running because he didn't want to participate in an interview and photo shoot.
“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,” Trump tweeted on Friday evening. “I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!”
The magazine responded on Twitter later in the evening, writing: "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."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/11/24/trump-claims-he-took-himself-out-of-the-running-for-times-person-of-the-year/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_trump-time-1115pm:homepage/story&utm_term=.a505d19985a3
Trump has long been obsessed with having his face on the cover of magazines, especially Time magazine, and he has compared himself to a “supermodel, except, like, times 10.” Many of his clubs are decorated with many of these covers — including, up until recently, a fake March 2009 Time cover that featured the real estate developer and proclaimed: “TRUMP IS HITTING ON ALL FRONTS . . . EVEN TV!”
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump says that Time magazine was contemplating naming him the “Person of the Year” for a second year in a row but that he pulled himself out of the running because he didn't want to participate in an interview and photo shoot.
“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,” Trump tweeted on Friday evening. “I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!”
The magazine responded on Twitter later in the evening, writing: "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."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/11/24/trump-claims-he-took-himself-out-of-the-running-for-times-person-of-the-year/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_trump-time-1115pm:homepage/story&utm_term=.a505d19985a3
