TIME Magazine ‘Best of Person of The Year’ Issue Ignores Republican Presidents
22nd November 2025
Dominating the cover is a sparkling Taylor Swift on stage somewhere, with guitar, arms flung wide open, big smile on her face as she apparently is singing one of her hit songs.
Just below her are six previous TIME Person/Man of the Year covers from over the decades. They feature:
- “The Guardians and the War on Truth: The Staff of the Capital Gazette on December 9” – Prominently listing the murder of journalist
- President-elect Jimmy Carter (in January of 1977 for 1976, the year Carter came from political nowhere to win the presidency)
- Bill and Melinda Gates and Bono as “The Good Samaritans” for 2005
- The American Soldier featuring three uniformed soldiers in fighting gear for 2003.
- Greta Thunberg: The Power of Youth in 2019
- President-elect Barack Obama in 2008