Donald Trump says he shunned Time over Person of the Year

Time Magazine is questioning US President Donald Trump's record of how he dismissed a demand for a meeting and photograph shoot in front of its Person of the Year issue.

On Friday, Mr Trump tweeted that Time had called to state he was "most likely" going to be named Person of the Year.

Be that as it may, Time later said the president was off base in regards to how it settles on its decision.

The president was granted the title a year ago.

He has beforehand dishonestly asserted that he holds the record for cover appearances on Time Magazine.

The magazine's convention - started in 1927 as "Man of the Year" - perceives the individual who "for better or in negative ways... has done the most to impact the occasions of the year".

Time said it didn't remark on its decision until distribution, and that its choice would be uncovered on 6 December.

The distribution welcomes perusers to vote on who they think has earned the title, however an official choice is made by editors.

A previous editorial manager of the magazine, Richard Stengel, said the utilization of "presumably" implied Mr Trump had passed up a major opportunity for the honor.

In June, the Washington Post uncovered that few of Mr Trump's golf clubs noticeably show a confined duplicate of a phony Time cover highlighting a few positive features and Trump as its cover.

Twitter responds

Tennis champ Andy Murray has likewise taunted President Trump - tweeting to state the BBC had called him about its Sports Personality of the Year grant, which Murray won in 2013, 2015, and 2016.

US performing artist Julia Louis-Dreyfus immediately reacted to Murray's viral tweet, and furthermore ridiculed Mr Trump.