President-elect @realDonaldTrump is @TIME‘s Person of the Year. #TIMEPOY https://t.co/Kvw9UAAjYu
— Twitter Moments (@TwitterMoments) December 7, 2016
Time magazine has named Trump as their Person of the Year, which cap off an amazing year for Trump “who had the greatest influence, for better or worse, on the events of the year,” according to Nancy Gibbs at Time.com.
But one particular historically black college or university (HBCU) graduate has pointed out that, perhaps it’s fitting that Trump has been named person of the year in 2016.
Morehouse College graduate Shaun King says President-elect Donald Trump deserves to be in the company of other controversial people (Hilter, Stalin, and Putin) who were also Time’s Person of the Year in the past.
Just a reminder.
Hitler.
Stalin.
Putin.
Trump.Time Person of the Year.
Trump actually very much deserves to be in this company. pic.twitter.com/MTty3EMGGH
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) December 7, 2016
“Just a reminder,” King wrote on Twitter. He then lists the names of Hilter, Stalin, Putin, and Trump and says that “Trump actually very much deserves to be in this company.”
“The year 2016 was the year of [Trump’s] rise; 2017 will be the year of his rule, and like all newly elected leaders, he has a chance to fulfill promises and defy expectations,” Gibbs writes, explaining why the magazine chose him as their person of the year.
“For reminding America that demagoguery feeds on despair and that truth is only as powerful as the trust in those who speak it, for empowering a hidden electorate by mainstreaming its furies and live-streaming its fears, and for framing tomorrow’s political culture by demolishing yesterday’s, Donald Trump is TIME’s 2016 Person of the Year.”
