The magazine is accused of comparing the President-elect to Adolf Hitler, while 'The View' co-host Sara Haines points out that landing on the cover of the magazine isn't 'necessarily' a 'good' thing.
- December 8, 2016
AceShowbiz -
Time magazine has been criticized for naming Donald Trump its Person of the Year. As controversial as his presidential candidacy, his photo on the cover of the magazine has drawn comparisons to that of Adolf Hitler.
The President-elect is featured from the back as he's sitting in an armchair. He turns his head to show his face to the camera. In a 1941 cover of Time magazine, Hitler posed in a similar position but the image was taken from different angle.
Donald Trump is TIME's Person of the Year 2016 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/hTnFF2njwH pic.twitter.com/y8oWeldjJY
— TIME (@TIME) December 7, 2016
"Interesting how @Time put #Hitler and #Trump in similar chairs and positions, back-to-back. Intentional I'm sure," @TemoteBodo posted on Twitter. Another pointed out, "Hitler, Stalin, Putin and now Trump. All have been person of the year. @realDonaldTrump is in bad company. Ok I get it Time, makes sense."
Some others noted that the placement of the letter M above Trump's head made it seem like the President-elect had two red horns. "Shocked that TIME has appropriated Satan himself, but at least they gave him the devil horns he deserves," one Twitter user wrote. Another similarly posted, "Time magazine gave Trump devil horns."
"The View" co-hosts have also reacted to Time's decision to elect Trump as Person of the Year. In the Wednesday, December 7 episode of the show, Joy Behar sarcastically said, "It's true, because two years ago, he was in a reality show with Snooki, and now he's the leader of the free world. I mean, you can't make this s**t up!"
Sara Haines said that landing on the cover of the magazine isn't "necessarily" a "good" thing, as Behar mentioned other names who had landed the same honor in the past such as Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Putin.
Jedediah Bila thought it's appropriate that Trump got the title because "this is a man who did change the face of politics." She explained. "No one thought he had a chance to get elected. He somehow managed to make this happen."
Behar then reminded everyone how displeased Trump was when Angela Merkel was chosen as the 2015 Person of the Year. She read Trump's angry tweet at the time and compared it to his happy reaction now. "He doesn't need medication to get him up. He just needs a compliment," Behar quipped.
