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Donald Trump: Time picked Angela Merkel for Person of Year?

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Donald Trump says Time magazine should not have given the award to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Trump panned Time magazine on Wednesday for its Person of the Year declaration. The magazine selected German Chancellor Angela Merkel, praising how she handled Europe's currency and refugee crises. Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, was among the finalists. He wrote on Twitter that he was the "big favorite" and Merkel was "ruining Germany."

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