There’s a world of difference between reporting what’s going on and naming him person of the year. They may not mean it as a compliment but that’s how he and most importantly nearly everyone else will see it.

Sorry, I'm not going to give Trump any credence by looking at it from his narcissistic POV. Fuck him.

Unfortunately it is legitimizing him.

Idiocy does not legitimize him, unless you want it that way.

I don’t want it that way but I don’t control the reality of how other people see him. I’d prefer not to see his fan club grow.

I seriously doubt Time noting him as similar to Hitler and Stalin will make his fan club grow.