Donald Trump lied about being offered Time Mag’s ‘Person of the Year’ cover

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Donald Trump has long been obsessed with Time Magazine, and getting on the cover of Time. Before he even ran for president (such a simpler time), Trump had fake Time covers made, featuring flattering photos of himself, and he had those covers framed and hung all over his Trump properties. He was named Time’s Person of the Year last year, and they framed him along with the “TIME” banner so it looked like he had devil horns. I’m not sure if Time has ever done consecutive years with the same Person of the Year, but it seems like Trump thought he was in the running for it, like it’s an award. Adolf Hitler was POTY. It’s not an AWARD. But this is what he tweeted:

“I said probably is no good and took a pass.” How small. How petty. How fictitious.

E! News says this year’s list of possible POTY candidates include: Ariana Grande, Colin Kaepernick, Emma Stone, Jimmy Kimmel, Mark Zuckerberg, Patty Jenkins, Rose McGowan, Serena Williams and Taylor Swift. I kind of hope it’s Kaepernick or Serena.

Meanwhile, people were trolling Trump. My favorite is Andy Murray’s tweet!!

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  1. CynicalAnn says:

    Wait-Trump lied?! I am shocked. Said no one EVER.

    • mkyarwood says:

      I feel like Iago.

    • Alix says:

      An especially stupid lie, given that he was POTY last year and presumably remembers that the honoree doesn’t get a heads up or “offer”.

      My guess is, the Persons of the Year will be all the women who’ve spoken out against sexual predators.

      • boredblond says:

        I was thinking that too..hope they would include comments from the women he called ‘liars’..

  2. Hh says:

    I had a good chuckle at Andy’s tweet, but then came Lance Bass. Frosted tips?!?!?! Hahahaha! Tiger Beat?! AAAAAAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA!

    • Neelyo says:

      that tweet is probably the best thing he’ll ever do.

    • Esmom says:

      I know, me, too. I also have to give style points to Nanjiani for his mocking use of parentheses.

      Trump’s insecurity and pettiness knows no bounds.

    • AnnaKist says:

      I liked them all, especially Scott Dworkin’s. If only TIME took his cue…
      The report of Rump’s lying tweet was shown on our nation news on Saturday night. I’ve only been out of hospital for a week, and still in recovery mode, but when I saw this, I guffawed and chortled so loudly that my family all come running in, worrying I’d falling over. Oh, my god, but this orange thing has got to be the w@nkiest w@nker on the planet.

    • Kitten says:

      Those tweets were so hilarious and perfectly satirized the absurdity/childishness of Trump’s tweet and the subsequent embarrassment felt by most of us.

      I still have days where I cannot believe any of this is real.

    • Shambles says:

      Lance Bass FTW. He could have taken it a step further to add an “It’s Gonna Be Me” pun, but I think we’re all in the mood for “Bye Bye Bye” anyway.

    • Lua says:

      Yes! I’m dying at Lance’s response 😂😂😂

  3. Beth says:

    He makes himself look more stupid every day. He needs to stop spreading this #fake news

    • Megan says:

      He is such a loser. And he is stuck in the past. He thinks it is the 1980’s and Time is the leading voice in journalism.

    • Lucy234 says:

      Unfortunately with the Koch bros buying Time, Trump may very well be able to flaunt a real cover as another once legitimate news source disappears into the ether.

      • Megan says:

        The Koch brothers didn’t buy Time, they invested in Meredith’s acquisition of Time, Inc. They aren’t interested in magazine covers, they are interested in Meredith’s big data operation.

      • Lucy234 says:

        That is what they want you to think. This is the perfect vehicle for spreading disinformation by the fossil fuel loving, global warming is a hoax, Koch brothers and their endless supply of dark money.

      • Megan says:

        I am quite familiar with Meredith and they have one of the largest consumer data marts in the country. The Kochs want to bring that together with their voter database to better target and turn out right wing voters.

      • holly hobby says:

        Ah well I don’t read magazines anymore Why buy a magazine when news is free on the net?

    • shlockOftheNEw says:

      Coming from a human being (?) who tweetSplains pure doublespeak…are we surprised? Honestly we need a tweet museum of presidential lies. It’s expected, but we should gather and display each and every lie!

  4. Nicole says:

    Of course he lied he’s obsessed with media coverage and “winning”. He cannot tell the truth about even the simplest of things.
    I cannot believe this guy is the president. Will forever hate the people that voted for him

  5. Val says:

    Lance wins. Patricia Arquette also had a good one, but can’t find it right now.

  6. Brunswickstoval says:

    Lance base wins that one. Brilliant. Trump can say anything and suffers no repercussions. Those who hate him hate him and those who don’t think he’s speaking plain. He can literally say whatever he pleases.

  7. AideVee says:

    I can’t lie- I had to read trump’s tweet about nine times before I could make sense of it. He would be hilarious were it not for the fact that he is the most powerful person on the planet. If his toupé were put in sole charge of his twitter account, would we necessarily notice any difference to the grammar, syntax and substance of these utterances?

    • Esmom says:

      No, I don’t think we would. It also kills me that his writing wouldn’t pass muster in middle school, let alone be worthy of our highest office. Or any office, for that matter.

    • Kitten says:

      I cannot count how many times I’ve read one of his tweets and initially assumed it was a parody account. But nope, this is real and we are all completely f*cked.

    • swak says:

      Read it several times myself (even in this article). Would his “people” (AKA Kelly) really let him sit down for an interview?

    • ArchieGoodwin says:

      People have to stop thinking the US President is still the most powerful person on the planet. He’s not, not anymore.

      In case it slipped notice, the world is carrying on and evolving without the US at the helm. The Paris Accord is still a top priority, Mexican and Canada are not capitulating to NAFTA demands, the TPP is still a go. trump’s ways of doing business are not resulting in what the Republicans imagined. The world doesn’t need the US, not like this. Merkel, Macron, Trudeau, etc, are stepping into the void. Countries are far out distancing the US in terms of human rights, global initiative, and leadership.

      Power isn’t tweets or press coverage, though trump thinks it is. Just do yourself (pl) and let it go until he is impeached.

      • Ceire says:

        This.

        I’m also sceptical of referring to the US as the ‘free world’ – it has, I believe, the highest incarceration rate in the world.

      • Gina says:

        THIS ^^^ x by a bazillion. Thank you. FYI There are currently more POC incarcerated in American prisons than during the entire apartheid years in South Africa. ‘Leader of the Free World’ The entire world is laughing at Donald Trump.

  8. Jayna says:

    How can anyone support a man who spends his days needing to be complimented ad nauseum and told how amazing he is 24/7, and since that isn’t enough, compliments himself and his accomplishments (all lies) 24/7. He is the most pathetic, shallow, narcissistic, immature man on the face of the planet, and yet he is out president. And the deplorables find no issues with his lack of dignity and compete shallowness as a human being. It blows me away.

  9. JRenee says:

    Sighs yet again. .

  10. Amy Tennant says:

    This was one of the ones I had to go back and check and verify that he actually tweeted because I couldn’t believe even he would be that dumb. I wanted to say why lie about something that could be so easily disproved? But then I remembered there are people who would believe him no matter what he said.

  11. Loopy says:

    ‘i said probably is no good..WTF?

  12. Snowflake says:

    I knew he was lying. He’s a narcassistic personality, no way would he turn it down if it was offered to him.

  13. Lolo86lf says:

    I hope POTY is Kaepernick, that would make Donald Trump go into a tantrum on twitter.

  14. Cs says:

    Edit: I actually clicked through all the links and E! Reported that the list of names here are included on a (Long) list of people for this. I don’t think any of those people in the E! Article deserve it; I hope it ends up going to someone like Robert Mueller or something. You’re not going to convince me that Ariana Grande’s Manchester Benefit Concert was more significant than what he’s currently doing.

    (Also re: Kaepernick. I’m sure his peaceful protests are very powerful, but honestly I don’t think American football has enough of an audience for him to be named POTY).

    • Amy Tennant says:

      Rose is good. The first ones who spoke out about Weinstein would be good. Maybe #metoo for Person of the Year! Jimmy’s done some good stuff this year for the importance of health coverage, talking poignantly about his sick child. I wouldn’t say it’s POTY noteworthy. But I think the groundswell of women, men, and children taking down predators is pretty remarkable.

      Colin is good.

      But yeah, most of E’s list is a headscratcher.

      • Cs says:

        I’d fully support #metoo (or even the reporters who first broke the story). But McGowan? Eh.

        Tbh, I don’t know how much attention #metoo and Kaepernick is getting in international coverage. I talk to people on a daily basis who don’t know about either situation (I don’t live in America). Especially in Kaepernick’s case; American Football may be a gigantic industry in USA, but outside of it their audience is very limited.

      • third ginger says:

        I believe it will be the #me too movement; perhaps Trump will be featured in the article as an accused abuser.

      • Otaku Fairy says:

        For me it’s a tie between Kolin Kaepernick and Rose McGowan. Ariana would probably be my third choice out of these though. 🙂
        ANYONE BUT TAYLOR!!!

  15. OSTONE says:

    Lance Bass you win the Internet today.

  16. MMC says:

    What’s scary is Time, Inc., was just sold to the Meredith Corp., with major backing from the Koch Brothers. This company is on a buying spree of local news stations, etc. Makes me worry about what the media coverage will be like next election cycle, amongst other things.

    And as funny as this is, there was a story about all the areas where this administration and Congress are making major change, from weakened environmental laws to banks becoming even bigger and stronger potential for even bigger impact on laws with the rapid approval of conservative judges at the federal level.

    • swak says:

      Why is the DOJ not suing Meredith Corp for buying Time, Inc the same they are suing AT&T for buying Time/Warner? Oh, that’s right, this involves the Koch brothers and the other involves CNN (you know, the fake news outlet – rolling eyes now).

  17. WombatNation says:

    If it has to be a celebrity, then there’s a few I’d like to see.

    As a Brit, my estimation of Ariana Grande went up x infinity after Manchester. She dealt with it with bravery and grace.

    Hell yes, to Rose McGowan and Anthony Rapp and anyone else who helped expose the pedophiles and rapists and abusers. Hell. YES.

    Colin Kaepernick – definitely. He stuck to his guns amidst ferocious and appalling attacks. More power to him.

    SERENA!!! The greatest ever, period. (I’d like to throw a bone in for Addy Murray for championing females too, if I may).

    Taylor Swift??? What for??? Being a mediocre talent and petty mean girl bully? FUCK NO.

    • third ginger says:

      These are fan votes. It is not likely that any singer or actor will be the choice. See my post below.

  18. grabbyhands says:

    I just can never get my head around this happening over and over and over again. Childish, easily disproved lies, but he literally cannot stop himself from doing it. The pathological need for approval, to be better than anyone else is pathetic in normal society. In him it is dangerous since most people don’t have nuclear arms to throw around like a toddler if they don’t get what they want.

    • ArchieGoodwin says:

      This is my mother, and you are right, they literally cannot stop doing it.

      My mother was fighting with my sister once, and they called me to intervene. My mother, when it was going her way, said “I have cancer. In my hip”. I called her out and after a while she actually admitted she didn’t. But if I had gone with it, the lie would have stood. It’s lie after lie, lies that contradict other lies, and if you speak out, they twist it and fly into narcissistic rages. Uncontrollable rages. They pull out any and every abusive maneuver in the book just to keep from having to face what they really are. Scary enough to discover it’s your own mother, but the president? Terrifying.

  19. MI6 says:

    Of course he did.

  20. jess1632 says:

    Just curious on what Emma Stone has done that’s so remarkable for POTY besides win an award for a mediocre movie musical….

  21. stephka says:

    I think Putin will be the person of the year.

    I’d prefer to see Rose McGowan, though.

  22. Beth says:

    I wonder if he ever even realizes that the obvious bull shit things he says all the time are lies. Mueller as Peson of the Year would be great

  23. ArchieGoodwin says:

    I think Colin deserves it.

    Without saying a word, he changed the landscape of an entire nation, and that stretched to the world. He brought forth a conversation that was long overdue, and did it with such respect and dignity.

    • Oh-Dear says:

      that’s a grandiose view of the America race discussion and the importance outside countries put on it. I speak as a non-American not in the US. I don’t think it stretched to the world. I think the ongoing need for conversations about racism in America continue to be covered, just as #Blacklivesmatter does though.

      • ArchieGoodwin says:

        yet, here you are commenting on it, so I guess it reached you, eh?

        I follow international news, and it reached their headlines. so, let’s call it 50/50.

      • cs says:

        @ArchieGoodwin it’s reached us mostly because we follow celebrity news. Day-to-day, outside of America? I know that American football has some following in Japan and Australia (probably Korea too, though I think they prefer baseball), but it’s definitely not football/soccer or tennis.

        Also, Black racism in America is very tied up in issues specific to the US. It really doesn’t translate well over to other contexts. Not that I’m saying racism doesn’t exist in other places, but Black racism different from other forms of racism even in America (for instance, Asian-Americans, Hispanic people, etc.) because it has such a heavy history directly relating to US history.

  24. third ginger says:

    Person of the year does not have to be a celebrity in the traditional sense of the word. It is the person who has most influenced the world, for good or ill, in the past year. It is not usually an actor or singer. Look at the list of all persons of the year.

  25. KiddVicious says:

    I fell into the Twitter rabbit hole on Saturday night and read a huge thread on Tom Arnold’s feed and from what I could tell from it, either he or someone close to him, has a tape of Trump beating the crap out of a female in an elevator. Has anyone else heard anything about that? There were so many posts on that feed I couldn’t tell what was fact or speculation.

  26. littlemissnaughty says:

    “How small. How petty. How fictitious.” How accurate. How concise.

    I say POTY should either be Putin (again) or a group. The #metoo movement or possibly refugees.

  27. Jayna says:

    “I said probably is no good.” Bring back George Bush for better grammar. Good, Gawd!

  28. KatieBo says:

    Ohmygod I hope It’s Hillary Clinton.

    If we’re going the Hollywood Scandal route than I think it should be Ronan Farrow but I’m not sure Time will veer in that direction. hmm…

  29. Monsy says:

    i never thought he’d manage to stay as President for this long.

  30. kimbers says:

    lmao Twitter is the only thing he accomplishes

    • gwen says:

      I can just see his presidential library after he’s gone. It’ll be empty except for one thing, his damn phone.

  31. Deeanna says:

    Donald Trump is mentally ill. He demonstrates his illness every day. Sad, For us.