# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**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, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/21 "2025-07-03T10:03:17Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > made some changes If I was making changes, that would be a barcode for adult diapers. Subtle but strong message. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/22 "2025-07-03T14:55:45Z")
Humanoid of the Year. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/23 "2025-07-03T17:08:16Z")
**Warning** for posting a NSFW picture in P&E. Never mind 2 clicks, this was a bare post. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/24 "2025-07-04T15:07:46Z")
There are more or less annual threads about the award ([link to the 2024 thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-person-of-the-year-2024/1009507)), usually in the In My Humble Opinion category, but they usually start later in the year. I don’t think anyone has ever been named POTY in consecutive years. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400/25 "2025-07-04T17:18:49Z")
When Time made [Hitler the Man of the Year](https://time.com/archive/6598257/adolf-hitler-man-of-the-year-1938/), they made a real case for him being the most important person of 1938: > [@](#): > > the figure of Adolf Hitler strode over a cringing Europe with all the swagger of a conqueror. Not the mere fact that the Fuhrer brought 10,500,000 more people (7,000,000 Austrians, 3,500,000 Sudetens) under his absolute rule made him the Man of 1938. Japan during the same time added tens of millions of Chinese to her empire. More significant was the fact Hitler became in 1938 the greatest threatening force that the democratic, freedom-loving world faces today. By this standard, I’m not sure Trump fully qualifies. If the Iranian government collapses, or Trump conquers Greenland in a successful coup de main, 2025 will be the year to give him the crown. But so long as he is an isolationist, I cannot make the case. Now, Time does not always give “of the year” to someone they can realistically claim to be the most important person on earth. Wallis Simpson was the 1936 woman of the year. By that standard, maybe Melania should be the person of the year should it continue to appear that she no longer lives with her husband. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-winning-time-magazines-man-of-the-year/1020400.md?page=1)