Everyone Is Dunking on Trump for Tweeting That He “Took A Pass” on TIME’s Person of the Year
I try to only highlight the national embarrassment that is Trump’s Twitter feed when it specifically points to his poisonous policies, racism, or attacks on American citizens. Generally, I try to let the pettiness lie sad and unacknowledged where it belongs, but the internet is doing a great job today, and I wanted to grin at it.
Trump recently claimed that he “took a pass” on TIME’s Person of the Year honor on Twitter today, because he would have had to “agree to an interview and a major photo shoot.” (Trump was named Person of the Year last year.)
Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year,” like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 24, 2017
Trump has had a weird obsession with TIME Magazine for a long time, frequently tweeting about the Person of the Year honor in the past and even doctoring a fake TIME Magazine cover to hang in his resorts. Unfortunately for him, TIME Magazine almost immediately pointed out that this recent tweet was a lie.
The President is incorrect about how we choose Person of the Year. TIME does not comment on our choice until publication, which is December 6.
— TIME (@TIME) November 25, 2017
Amazing. Not a speck of truth here—Trump tweets he ‘took a pass’ at being named TIME’s person of the year https://t.co/D6SJgyTpcY
— Alan Murray (@alansmurray) November 25, 2017
Of course, while TIME was interested in correcting Trump’s story, the rest of Twitter was here for the lulz. Celebrities and dinosaurs across the platform have been doing a number with this absurd claim, so I wanted to showcase some of my favorites.
Time Magazine called to say that I was DEFINITELY going to be named “Man (Person) of the Year” but I would have to agree to leak major #Ep8 spoilers. I said “no problem”, but then they told me you turned it down and now I don’t want it anymore. Thanks anyway! https://t.co/0tPGr1cNEM
— @HamillHimself (@HamillHimself) November 25, 2017
Sports Illustrated called and said I was probably going to be Sportsman of the Year, but it was going to take a long photo shoot and interview. I’m not proud of my recent perm and have a interpretive dance class at the interview time so I turned it down! No Thanks SI!!
— Noah Syndergaard (@Noahsyndergaard) November 25, 2017
Bbc just called to say I was PROBABLY going to be named sports personality of the year but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!
— Andy Murray (@andy_murray) November 24, 2017
.@nytimes just called to say I was PROBABLY going to be named comedienne of the year but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway! @andy_murray
— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) November 25, 2017
Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named “Dinosaur of the Year,” but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said “I’m very, very, very, very dead” and incapable of answering questions. Thanks anyway!
— SUE, “The Ghost of T. rex-mas Past” (@SUEtheTrex) November 24, 2017
Patton Oswalt called to say that he was going to tweet that GET OUT was PROBABLY his favorite movie of the year, but I would have to agree to get lunch with him and do a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) November 25, 2017
The Twitterati also had some excellent suggestions for who should be Person of the Year in Trump’s place:
- Colin Kaepernick
- The Resistance
- Hillary Clinton
- Robert Mueller
Who would be your pick? I will accept both earnest and maximum-Trump-trolling answers (which, let’s be real, may overlap).
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