Trump is named Time's Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange's opening bell
apnews.com
President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized by Time magazine as its person of the year.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/49608730

EDITED: Change link to proper article instead of a stupid video, and changed associated text to match new URL.

Disgusting, in my opinion.

  • Dorkyd68@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1003·
    11 days ago

    Hitler was also person of the year in like 1938. Means nothing other than impact on society

  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldEnglish
    882·
    11 days ago

    Being Times person of the year means you have had a significant impact, not that you are necessarily a good person. It says nothing about doing good deeds.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        10 days ago

        What most people don’t know about Voldemort? Pretty good at karaoke. Not great, but surprisingly better than you thought.

        • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 days ago

          What most people don’t know about Voldemort? Pretty good at karaoke. Not great, but surprisingly better than you thought.

          In avada kedavra, honey
          Don’t you know that I’m lovin’ you
          In avada kedavra, baby
          Don’t you know that I’ll always be true!

    • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
      161·
      11 days ago

      The whole NYSE thing though is blatantly sucking up to Trump. And since Times already gave it to him once, maybe don’t feed his overinflated ego even more? Because there is no way he is going to take it as a negative, as his desperate desire to be on the cover has shown.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    624·
    11 days ago

    I place no credibility in time’s person of the year. Hitler was times person of the year once.

    Hell, I was time magazine’s person of the year in 2006! I worked at Wendys that year…I didn’t do nothin!

    • weew@lemmy.caEnglish
      17·
      10 days ago

      And Hitler kinda had an impact on the world. You trying to deny that?

      Time’s Person of the Year is about impact on society. It’s not the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • MissJinx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    10 days ago

    who still cares?! we all know this is like a fifa championship? you just have to pay to get it

  • DogPeePoo@lemm.eeEnglish
    91·
    11 days ago

    Gross.

    I love (hate actually) how his supporters always default into chanting, “USA… USA… USA…” while in reality they are for dividing the states, not uniting them.

    It’s just a braindead idiocracy chant without meaning at this point.

    • About42Indians@lemmy.todayEnglish
      12·
      10 days ago

      I mean he did win the popular vote. So he united more people than Kamala. Just being real about the situation.

      • DogPeePoo@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        10 days ago

        He won 49.8% of the popular vote.

        That is hair over half the votes. Which is my point— dividing the country right in half, not uniting it.

  • Ioughttamow@fedia.io
    6·
    11 days ago

    Man, I hope when he does an inevitably shit job and the economy tanks, that even his allies turn on him and he is hounded into an early grave

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      10 days ago

      Oldest president in history, assuming he serves all 4 years. What’s your definition of “early”?

      Now JFK? That guy knew how to hit the grave early!

      • Ioughttamow@fedia.io
        1·
        10 days ago

        Haha ok fair, I just meant I hope the stress gets to him and puts him down. Though he’s a narcissist so that how is unlikely

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          10 days ago

          Heart attacks are still on the table. I mean dude DOES work at mcdonalds…unless the media LIED to me!

  • kikutwo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    93·
    11 days ago

    So, grab em and cook the books but lie enough so enough morons vote for you equals man of the year?

  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
    4·
    10 days ago

    Tbf, Time person of the year is based on controversy more than anything