Donald Trump is TIME’s 2016 ‘Person of the Year’!

U.S. President-elect, Donald Trump has been named at TIME‘s 2016 Person of the Year! 

The magazine announced its pick on NBC‘s “Today” on Wednesday morning.

“It’s a great honor, it means a lot,” Trump said in a phone interview after he was named.

The magazine’s cover called Trump “President-elect of the divided States of America”.

Asked if Time’s announcement was a compliment, Trump said:

“When you say divided states of America, I didn’t divide ’em, they’re divided now… we’re going to put it back together.” 

Last year’s Person of the Year was German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Trump was a runner-up.

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