By Nancy Gibbs
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. So which is it this year: Better or worse? The challenge for Donald Trump is how profoundly the country disagrees about the answer….Read the full story here.
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TIME’s 2016 Person of the Year: Donald Trump
Runner-Up: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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