Donald Trump has been named the 2016 Time person of the year.

Donald Trump has been named the 2016 Time magazine person of the year.

But The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the Time Person of the year reader’s poll with 18 per cent of the vote ahead of Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Julian Assange who received 7 per cent of the vote each. 
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The announcement was made on Time's website and NBC’s Today show on Wednesday morning.

The award is decided by Time’s editors and goes to the person or group who have had a major influence on the news for better or worse. 

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the Time Person of the year reader’s poll with 18 per cent of the vote ahead of Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Julian Assange who received 7 per cent of the vote each. 

The tradition of the person of the year dates back to 1927 when Charles Lindbergh, the first person to fly a plane solo across the Atlantic, was awarded the title.

The “better or worse” clause also explains that unpopular people can win the award as it is about how much influence they have had on the news agenda, be it positive or negative . Famously, in 1938 Adolf Hitler won the title as did Josef Stalin in 1939 and 1942. Last year, the leader of Isis Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was placed second. 

Whether this year's person of the year is for better or worse is up to readers, according to Gibbs: "The challenge for Donald Trump is how profoundly the country disagrees about the answer".

Source: independent .com