Trump is Person of the Year again. Even time knows it

In a desperate bid for relevance, Time magazine has named Donald Trump its 2024 Person of the Year.

No, really time? Tell me something I didn’t know.

Last month, more than 77 million Americans elected Trump as their president, including me. He has made headlines over the past decade either as a presidential candidate or as president.

Trump is not just the person of the year. He is the man of the hour and the month. It’s Trump’s world now: we all just live in it, including Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Time magazine.

Even Time Magazine has to acknowledge Donald Trump’s triumphs

The magazine’s in-depth profile of the former and future president acknowledges that “Trump’s political rebirth is unprecedented in American history” and that he “defeated not one but two Democratic opponents, swept all seven swing states and became the first Republican, who won the popular vote.” in 20 years.”

But with cynicism and leftism on their side, the authors of the article doubt America’s decision. Much of the profile questions Trump’s tactics, personnel and history.

“Whether Trump can actually address the root causes of Americans’ anger is another question (…) He will also see how far the nation is willing to let him go,” the article says. “If he succeeds, he could transform the country. In doing so, he risks tearing down the constitutional norms and institutions that have accompanied America’s great experiment in democracy over two and a half centuries.”

Opinion:It’s already Trump’s world. Biden simply disappears into it.

I am also cynical about Trump and am a Republican. But if I hear the phrase “constitutional norms” applied to Trump one more time, without mentioning the many norms that Biden, Harris, and the Democratic Party have torn to shreds this year, I will once again cast Time magazine into the abyss Plunge into insignificance for everyone.

Time is trying to capitalize on Trump, just as he has used it to feel charismatic, powerful and good. (He may be my president-elect, but he’s still a glutton when it comes to showboating.)

The relationship between the news media and Trump is a toxic cycle of self-interest.

Time can’t stop putting Trump on the cover

Time’s editors wax eloquently about why they chose Trump as their Person of the Year. In addition to the main profile, there is a story about how the cover photo was staged, and another article explains the “stories behind it” every time the magazine has featured Trump on the cover.

Time has featured Trump on the cover 43 times. That’s more than Bill Clinton (40 times) and Barack Obama (31 times). And Trump hasn’t even started his second term yet.

Opinion:Biden’s dismal, failed presidency is even worse than Trump’s first term

The current cover portrays Trump as stoic and powerful. But the magazine has also often portrayed him negatively. For example, he was shown as a drowning man during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In October 2016, the magazine depicted Trump as a melting orange blob. This cover photo was published just days before Americans elected Trump their president for the first time. (Talk about missing the real story.)

Die Zeit readily admits that it is obsessed with Trump: “(I)n the years that followed, we presented (Trump) as a frenetic Twitter user smashing the Washington Monument (March 20, 2017), a punching bag (March 9, 2017). October 2017), a graphic wrecking ball (November 6, 2017), an angry character with burning hair (January 22, 2018), a cross between him and Vladimir Putin (July 30, 2018), a king looking into a mirror (June 18, 2018), a slingshot-holding fighter dueling with Nancy Pelosi (January 21, 2019), a happy president standing in the rain under a Umbrella whistles (April 8). , 2019) and a man who cornered himself (October 7, 2019).”

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