{{DISPLAYTITLE:Time magazine refutes US President Donald Trump's Twitter claim he was nominated Time 'Person of the Year'}} On Friday,  president Donald Trump released a tweet via  claiming New York-based magazine  had informed him they would "probably" name him "  ". The claims made in the tweet, sent while Trump resided for the season at his club in ,  , were promptly refuted by the magazine itself and personnel connected to its publication. File photo from 2016: that year, US president Donald Trump was named Time "Person of the Year". Trump's tweet read, "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!" Rather than a photo shoot such as Trump claimed they requested, Time magazine used a painting to depict German chancellor  for their 2015 "Person of the Year" issue, when they chose her to receive the title. , a former editor of the magazine, also weighed in on Trump's comments in a tweet posted half an hour after Trump's, "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." Stengel's tweet refers to fake Time magazine covers prominently displaying Trump's face that were hung on the walls of golf clubs owned by the President, as reported in the  in June. The magazine requested their removal.
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Time magazine refutes US President Donald Trump's Twitter claim he was nominated Time 'Person of the Year'}} On Friday, US president Donald Trump released a tweet via Twitter claiming New York-based magazine Time had informed him they would "probably" name him " Person of the Year ". The claims made in the tweet, sent while Trump resided for the season at his club in , Florida , were promptly refuted by the magazine itself and personnel connected to its publication. File photo from 2016: that year, US president Donald Trump was named Time "Person of the Year". Trump's tweet read, "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!" Rather than a photo shoot such as Trump claimed they requested, Time magazine used a painting to depict German chancellor Angela Merkel for their 2015 "Person of the Year" issue, when they chose her to receive the title. , a former editor of the magazine, also weighed in on Trump's comments in a tweet posted half an hour after Trump's, "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." Stengel's tweet refers to fake Time magazine covers prominently displaying Trump's face that were hung on the walls of golf clubs owned by the President, as reported in the Washington Post in June. The magazine requested their removal.
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