Trump Named Time Magazine's "Person Of The Year"
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WASHINGTON (CBSMiami/AP) — Time magazine has named Donald Trump their "Person of the Year."
The president-elect's selection was announced Wednesday morning on NBC's "Today" show.
"When have we ever seen a single individual who has so defied expectations, broken the rules, violated norms, beaten not one but two political parties on the way to winning an election that he entered with 100-to-1 odds against him?" said Time's managing editor Nancy Gibbs.
The Time cover reads, "Donald Trump: President of the Divided States of America" and the cover image features a photograph of the president-elect sitting in his private residence at Trump Tower.
"I didn't divide them, they're divided now, there's a lot of division and we're going to put them back together," said Trump during a call to the NBC Today show.
Gibbs said Time gives the title to the person who has had the greatest influence on events "for better or worse."
Trump went from fiery underdog in the race for the GOP presidential nomination to defeating Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 election. Trump won 306 electoral votes, easily enough to make him president when the electors meet on Dec. 19. Clinton won the popular vote.
Among the revelations in the interview with NBC was that Trump has spoken to President Obama about potential Trump Administration cabinet picks.
"I take his recommendations very seriously. There are some people that I will be appointing, and in case appointed, where he thought very highly of the person," said Trump.
Gibbs said Clinton was the No. 2 finalist.
"She came closer than any woman ever has to winning the White House, and in the process revealed, I think, both the opportunities and the obstacles that women face in the public square," said Gibbs.
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