# Trump winning Time Magazine's "Man of the Year"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [July 2, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400 "2025-07-02T14:02:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/1 "2025-07-02T14:02:35Z")
There’s a thread running right now about [Trump and the Nobel peace prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-be-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/) , which made me think about the other huuuuge prize which Trump desperately covets—Time magazine’s Man Of The Year.. The big difference of course is that unlike the Nobel, Trump actually deserves to win Time’s designation. It’s sad, but true–Trump meets the criterion of being the one person who has had the most impact on the world this year. Now…let the fun begin!! Let’s assume that the editors at Time hate Trump as much as everybody at the Dope, but begrudgingly realize that they have no choice but to name him as Man of the Year. So let’s play editor, and design an issue of Time magazine which will honor Trump with the title, but will also humiliate him, insult his ego, and totally piss him off at the same time! I propose that the cover photo not be a photo, but a drawing.–a caricature. Trump’s face, superimposed over a map of the world-- a spherical globe, made of glass, and cracking into thousands of pieces, so that Trump’s face is full of lines and though easily recognizable, looks like he has a bunch of scars from knife cuts. Or maybe his face isn’t drawn completely—it would be broken into many pieces, each a separate image scattered among the shards of glass falling off the globe. The caption could say “Trump–Man Of The Year, Destroyer of the world order.”. Or here’s a second thought I just had. Sometimes there is no “Man” of the year. There have been years where non-animate objects have won.( I remember once “the computer” was listed as “invention of the year”, etc) So maybe Time could have “new world order” of the year. Then the cover photo could emphasize the shattered glass globe, and show just part of Trump’s face, cut and bleeding., What better ideas do you suggest? ---
**Author:** ![Apodder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apodder/32/17727_2.png) [@Apodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apodder)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/2 "2025-07-02T17:13:09Z")
I like it. I think you’ve said it all! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/3 "2025-07-02T17:13:49Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > The big difference of course is that unlike the Nobel, Trump actually deserves to win Time’s designation. It’s sad, but true–Trump meets the criterion of being the one person who has had the most impact on the world this year. Hitler and Stalin were previous “Persons of the Year”, so I don’t see a problem with it. [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91l0dcUi4rL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91l0dcUi4rL._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg) [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91jQrTaO35L._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91jQrTaO35L._UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/4 "2025-07-02T17:20:01Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > There’s a thread running right now about [Trump and the Nobel peace prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-to-be-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize/) , which made me think about the other huuuuge prize which Trump desperately covets—Time magazine’s Man Of The Year.. Trump won the Time Person of the Year “award” in 2016 and 2024, after the presidential elections. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/5 "2025-07-02T17:24:49Z")
Yup, it’s true. [![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/ws/640/cpsprodpb/1631B/production/_92870909_4bf18338-e211-4964-b47e-a355e51c3dac.jpg.webp) ](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/ws/640/cpsprodpb/1631B/production/_92870909_4bf18338-e211-4964-b47e-a355e51c3dac.jpg.webp) [![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71WbOwp9kVL.jpg) ](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71WbOwp9kVL.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/6 "2025-07-02T17:40:51Z")
For years, a fake Time magazine cover was hung in several Trump golf courses, [as reported by The Washington Post in 2017](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-time-magazine-with-trump-on-the-cover-hangs-in-his-golf-clubs-its-fake/2017/06/27/0adf96de-5850-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html). (The image on the left is the real Time cover photo for that week, while on the right is the fake one. Note the difference in the red border.) . [![](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SCHZKLC3JUI6PH6GY7XUXRMNCM.jpg) ](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SCHZKLC3JUI6PH6GY7XUXRMNCM.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/7 "2025-07-02T17:42:54Z")
Time Magazine has been known to chicken out and name someone else Person of the Year for PR, so hopefully they’ll do the same this time too. For instance, in 2001, Osama bin Laden arguably had a much better case for being POTY than Rudy Giuliani, but Time Magazine went with Giuliani instead. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/8 "2025-07-02T17:46:15Z")
The humor magazine American Bystander’s current issue already has the cover. > **[The American Bystander Issue #30 (Digital Edition) – Satirical eMagazine with...](https://theamericanbystanderstore.com/products/the-american-bystander-issue-30-digital)** > > Download The American Bystander Issue #30 (Digital Edition), featuring satirical Trump cover art by Mark Bryan. Smart comedy, sharp cartoons, and literary humor in one digital package. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/9 "2025-07-02T17:46:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Hitler and Stalin were previous “Persons of the Year”, so I don’t see a problem with it yeah, I knew about Hitler and Stalin. But neither of them took pride in it and framed the Time cover on the walls of their offices. Trump is desperate for praise, and wants his face displayed in public . That’s why I suggested drawing a caricature. And , looking at the Hitler cover photo, I see another good idea. Time could draw something similar for Trump. That cover shot in 1939 is not a portrait of Adolf. It’s an allegory-- a grotesque painting like something from Dante’s Inferno or Hieronymus Bosch, with Hitler barely appearing as a small figure, seen only from the back… Seeing himself portrayed that way would drive Trump crazy. He’d lose control of his thumbs while tweeting something so deranged that it would make him the butt of jokes for weeks. The exact opposite of “man of the year”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/10 "2025-07-02T17:58:23Z")
Speaking as TIME Magazine’s 2006 Person Of The Year, all I’ve got to say is Big Deal. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/11 "2025-07-02T18:05:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Speaking as TIME Magazine’s 2006 Person Of The Year, golf clap. I had to google that, and yeah, I laughed. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/12 "2025-07-02T20:19:06Z")
Please allow me to hijack this thread and report that Trump is reportedly asking the geological survey to investigate the possibility of adding his face to Rushmore. (it’s likely not possible.) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/13 "2025-07-03T02:23:09Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > So let’s play editor, and design an issue of Time magazine which will honor Trump with the title, but will also humiliate him, insult his ego, and totally piss him off at the same time! I think they should have the cover a grid of size 5 x 7 with “Person of the Year” in one cell and all the other cells having the same picture of him. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/14 "2025-07-03T03:33:54Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > So let’s play editor, and design an issue of Time magazine which will honor Trump with the title, but will also humiliate him, insult his ego, and totally piss him off at the same time! [![](https://images.nightcafe.studio/jobs/n74KrfqCgECvmn7v8BY8/n74KrfqCgECvmn7v8BY8--0--ag0t3.jpg?tr=w-1080,c-at_max) ](https://images.nightcafe.studio/jobs/n74KrfqCgECvmn7v8BY8/n74KrfqCgECvmn7v8BY8--0--ag0t3.jpg?tr=w-1080,c-at_max) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/15 "2025-07-03T07:24:09Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Or maybe his face isn’t drawn completely—it would be broken into many pieces, each a separate image scattered among the shards of glass falling off the globe. Who needs a face? REMOVED NSFW. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/16 "2025-07-03T08:42:26Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > investigate the possibility of adding his face to Rushmore Why? The backside of Mt. Rushmore would surely be appropriate… Edit: somewhat ninja’d and somewhat appalled… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/17 "2025-07-03T09:19:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > For years, a fake Time magazine cover was hung in several Trump golf courses, [as reported by The Washington Post in 2017](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-time-magazine-with-trump-on-the-cover-hangs-in-his-golf-clubs-its-fake/2017/06/27/0adf96de-5850-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html). (The image on the left is the real Time cover photo for that week, while on the right is the fake one. Note the difference in the red border.) It’s more than the red border, but you are correct: Time typically has a half-inch of red border, top, bottom, and sides. Trump’s Time is a quarter-inch or less of red border. Now, look at the Kate Winslet cover—notice that Kate’s head is over the magazine title, which is typical for Time when they feature a portrait on the cover. Then, look at Trump’s cover, where he is under the magazine title. I guess his artists are not quite as good at superimposing Trump over the title, as Time’s are with Winslet, and others. Then, look at the typefaces involved. I can give the “Donald Trump 'The ‘Apprentice’” a pass, but “Obama’s Next Move,” “How Stressed,” and “Global Warming” are in a typeface that Time never used; at least, not when the Winslet cover was published. And “Trump is hitting on all fronts” at the top is definitely not something Time would do. Time would also avoid the use of exclamation points. At least, for things like that. That’s more National Enquirer than Time. And lastly, I know next to nothing about UPC codes, but the ones on the real cover and on the fake cover appear different. Winslet’s has the date and newsstand price in the fine print, and Trump’s doesn’t. I have a feeling that the Winslet cover’s UPC code would charge you for the magazine; Trump’s would charge you for a can of soup, or a coffee maker, or a pack of Marlboros. But it has obviously come from some other product, and was not meant for a Time magazine. I’m not a professional designer by any means, but I’ve studied it a bit, and done a bit of it as work has required, and I know a thing or two. But even to somebody like me, with only a little bit of experience (though I’ve had a Time subscription for decades), the Trump cover screams, “Fake!” ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/18 "2025-07-03T09:52:57Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > And lastly, I know next to nothing about UPC codes I do. I’ve worked with them a fair amount, though to be honest, they are simple look-ups for more detailed information in a database _125002741350_ appears to be sourced from somewhere apropriate, according to Billboard mag: > > **[The Bar Code on Donald Trump’s Fake ‘Time’ Cover Goes to Karaoke Software,...](https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/donald-trump-fake-time-cover-barcode-karaoke-software-bootleg-kraftwerk-7849397/)** > > Fake news, but real links to weird stuff. > [@](#): > > Well, the bar code was provided gratis in a Photoshop tutorial blog post from 2010… Apparently the intern assigned to the fake cover only did just the one tutorial, though - I could do a better job, and I am a software engineer. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/19 "2025-07-03T09:59:00Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Apparently the intern assigned to the fake cover only did just the one tutorial, though … And it shows, in all ways! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/20 "2025-07-03T10:01:03Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Apparently the intern assigned to the fake cover only did just the one tutorial, though - I could do a better job, and I am a software engineer. I figured he’d hired a graphics artist who made some changes after getting stiffed on the fee. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400.md?page=2)