9 Most Hilarious Social Media Reactions to Trump as Time's Person of the Year

Donald Trump has been named Person Of The Year by TIME magazine – and social media can’t handle it.

The American magazine awards the title to the person who has had “the greatest influence for better or worse, on the events of the year”.

Which begs the question: is Trump for better or for worse?

Here’s a round-up of the best social media reactions.

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.@TIME covers on Aug. 22, Oct. 24 & today: pic.twitter.com/7HYLiMFKuj
— Samantha-Jo Roth (@SamanthaJoRoth) December 7, 2016

Time Magazine made Trump its person of the year because they know he'll buy 500,000 copies.
— Crutnacker (@Crutnacker) December 7, 2016

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Time Magazine's definition of 'normalization' pic.twitter.com/R1AqtpLbpO
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) December 7, 2016

*wakes up*

*trump is person of the year, abortion basically banned in ohio*

*goes back 2 sleep sets snooze for 2020*
— Jessica Kelly (@jsam1126) December 7, 2016

TIME Person of the Year, 1938 pic.twitter.com/0G38svzwot
— Justin Coleman (@jccoleman7) December 7, 2016

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Trump considers being named Time's Person of the Year a "great honor." Hitler and Stalin both shared same "honor". #realDonaldTrump
— Laura Daly (@lldaly) December 7, 2016

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(whispers)
they make the President-Elect Time Person of the Year literally every 4 years
(keeps whispering)
also they gave it to Hitler once
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) December 7, 2016

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