【】magazine's person of the year.

Donald Trump is。 Time。magazine's person of the year. 。

Time。described him on its front cover as president of the "Divided States of America".。

The president-elect was on a shortlist of 11 people that included, among others, runner-up Hillary Clinton, Beyoncé and Vladimir Putin. 

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Trump told NBC's Today show shortly after the announcement it was a "great honor" that "meant a lot" to him. 。

Thanks for signing up! 。 "For nearly 17 months on the campaign trail, Trump did what no American politician had attempted in a generation, with defiant flair," 。Time。

wrote. "Instead of painting a bright vision for a unified future, he magnified the divisions of the present, inspiring new levels of anger and fear within his country."。

"Whatever you think of the man, this much is undeniable: he uncovered an opportunity others didn’t believe existed, the last, greatest deal for a 21st century salesman." 。

The pick carries some irony considering last year, when the magazine selected Angela Merkel for the same award, Trump tweeted: 。

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“This is the 90th time we have named the person who had the greatest influence, for better or worse, on the events of the year," Editor-in-Chief Nancy Gibbs wrote in a story describing the decision.。

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