Donald Trump is Time magazine's Person of the Year and it sort of makes sense

Being historically unpopular didn’t stop Donald Trump being elected president – and it hasn’t stopped him being named Time magazine’s Person of the Year either.

The president-elect has been handed the title, won in previous years by figures as diverse as Adolf Hitler and Martin Luther King, ahead of the woman he defeated on election day, Hillary Clinton.

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

— TIME (@TIME) December 7, 2016