{{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!" Time magazine recognizes as "Person of the Year" an individual who "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year." The magazine named Trump in 2016 in an issue titled "President of the Divided States of America" a month after his successful bid for the U.S. presidency.  noted, in 2012, 2013, and 2015 Trump used his Twitter account as a platform to highlight his displeasure at not being so named.
{{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!" Time magazine recognizes as "Person of the Year" an individual who "for better or for worse... has done the most to influence the events of the year." The magazine named Trump in 2016 in an issue titled "President of the Divided States of America" a month after his successful bid for the U.S. presidency. Agence France-Presse noted, in 2012, 2013, and 2015 Trump used his Twitter account as a platform to highlight his displeasure at not being so named.
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