[Mhiz Rebecca]

Time magazine on Wednesday named Donald Trump its
“Person of the Year” for 2016 for his stunning upset election
victory that rewrote the rules of politics, delivering him to the
helm of a divided America.
The president-elect dialed into NBC television’s Today show,
welcoming the accolade as a “very, very great honor,” denying
he was responsible for divisions and praising outgoing
Democratic President Barack Obama.
The real estate billionaire, who has never previously held
elected office and shocked the US political establishment by
defeating his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, is featured on
Time’s cover described as “Donald Trump: President of the
Divided States of America.”
The magazine said its person of the year, an annual tradition
that dates back 90 years, “had the greatest influence, for
better or worse, on the events of the year.”
“So which is it this year: better or worse?” editor-in-chief
Nancy Gibbs wrote.
“The challenge for Donald Trump is how profoundly the
country disagrees about the answer… 2016 was the year of his
rise; 2017 will be the year of his rule, and like all newly
elected leaders, he has a chance to fulfill promises and defy
expectations.”
Trump won the title, she added, for “reminding America that
demagoguery feeds on despair and that truth is only as
powerful as the trust in those who speak it, for empowering a
hidden electorate by mainstreaming its furies and live-
streaming its fears, and for framing tomorrow’s political
culture by demolishing yesterday’s.”