TIME names Donald Trump its Person of the Year

Was there ever any doubt?

Donald Trump is TIME's Person of the Year 2016 #TIMEPOY https://t.co/5pTGOksevE pic.twitter.com/N8BtqTu9Nl

— TIME (@TIME) December 7, 2016

The announcement came complete with a Trump signature call-in to the Today Show:

https://twitter.com/MattCover/status/806479454415548416

"It's a great honor." –@realDonaldTrump on being chosen @TIME's 2016 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

"There's a lot of division. We're going to put it back together." –@realDonaldTrump

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

Some excerpts…

Mitt Romney is still in the running for Secretary of State:

Is Mitt Romney still under consideration for Secretary of State? "Yes, he is." @realDonaldTrump tells @MLauer.

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

On Boeing:

"Planes are too expensive. We're going to get the prices down." –@realDonaldTrump

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

WATCH: @realdonaldtrump talks about his battle with #Boeing https://t.co/6Gf6XeDQN2

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

On his tweets:

"It's a modern-day form of communication." –@realDonaldTrump on sharing his thoughts on Twitter

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

On President Obama:

"I really like him as a person." –@realDonaldTrump re: President Obama

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

"I take his recommendations very seriously." –@realDonaldTrump on taking President Obama's advice

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

On the sale of his public stock holdings:

"Why’d you sell all your holdings in June?" –@MLauer
"I felt that I was very much going to be winning." -Trump
https://t.co/NUbRAiUmVA

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

And on Saturday Night Live, because the media has nothing else to ask him apparently:

"I hosted SNL when it was a good show, but it's not a good show anymore." –@realDonaldTrump

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

WATCH: “I like Alec, but his imitation of me is really mean-spirited and not very good." @realdonaldtrump on #SNL https://t.co/NEslxLZJuS

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2016

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