It's NOT an honor. Time chose Hitler in 1938, and Stalin TWICE. Then there was Khrushchev in '57 and Khomeini in '79. Nahh.. It's NOT an honor at all..
1) Magazines will do whatever it takes to sell copies
2) Good or bad (and I think people are familiar with my views), it is hard to argue anyone has been more significant on the national state this past year than Der Pumpkinfuhrer.