Trump threatens ‘Time’ reporter with prison, then whines about never being named Man of the Year

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During an exclusive interview with Time magazine, President Donald Trump threatened a reporter with prison and whined about never being named Time’s Man of the Year, according to a transcript of the discussion released by the publication.

At one point in the interview, Trump pulled out a letter he had received from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and handed it a reporter. But when a photographer from the periodical began to photograph the letter, the president started issuing threats:

“Excuse me — under Section II — well, you can go to prison instead, because, if you use, if you use the photograph you took of the letter that I gave you.

“Confidentially, I didn’t give it to you to take photographs of it. So don’t play that game with me. Let me just tell you something. You take a look.”

When the reporter apologized and asked if Trump was actually threatening him with imprisonment, the president responded:

“Well, I told you the following. I told you you can look at this off the record. That doesn’t mean you take out your camera and start taking pictures of it, okay? So I hope you don’t have a picture of it. I know you were very quick to pull it out — even you were surprised to see that. You can’t do that stuff. So go have fun with your story, because I’m sure it will be the 28th horrible story I have in Time Magazine because I never — I mean — ha. It’s incredible. With all I’ve done and the success I’ve had, the way that Time Magazine writes is absolutely incredible.”

Trump also whined about how he had never been named “Man of the Year” by Time:

“With all I’ve done, with the tremendous success I’ve had, that Time magazine writes about me the way they write is a disgrace, okay? Let’s face it, it’s a disgrace. And some day within the next 20 years, maybe you’ll pick me as Man of the Year. Okay, big deal.”

Could this man possibly be a bigger child? If he’s so upset with Time, why did he agree to the interview in the first place? As for the letter from his good buddy Kim, should he be waving that around like a second grader during show and tell?

If Donald Trump wants to be named Man of the Year, he needs to prove he’s actually a man and not an infant.

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