Trump: “I was PROBABLY going to be named ‘Man (Person) of the Year'”


Developments on Day 309 of the Trump Administration:

Trump’s Shot at Time Magazine

On a five-day Thanksgiving vacation at his Florida resort, Donald Trump still grabs headlines by exalting his status and dismissing a magazine which might not recognize him this year:

Trump, who has fake magazine covers — including of Time — praising him on the walls of his offices, was named Person of the Year after his 2016 election triumph. However, in previous years he railed against Time over its failure to name him, including when he was runner-up in 2015.

Free from close watch by White House staff while he is at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump put out a series of impromptu messages on Friday. He fumed again about National Football League players and noted a call with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan before mentioning that he would be spending part of the day on the golf course:

There was no further news of those supposed discussions on the economy, as Trump used an attack in Egypt which killed at least 235 people to promote The Wall on the US-Mexican border and his Muslim Ban on entry into the US, thrice blocked by courts:

Despite the limited work schedule, Trump still managed to cause a possible tangle with US diplomacy and military operations. Turkish officials claim the President told Erdoğan that the US will withdraw support in Syria from the Kurdish YPG militia, the leading faction in the Syrian Democratic Forces backed by Washington to push back the Islamic State since autumn 2015.

See Syria Daily: Turkey — Trump Withdraws US Backing of Kurdish Militia YPG

Retired Gen. Martin Dempsey, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appears to send a message to Trump via Twitter: