Hard to see much relevance to thread at all but Time's Person of...

Hard to see much relevance to thread at all but Time's Person of the Year for Hitler was to condemn him not to compliment him.

Time's summary at the time read:
"Hitler became in 1938 the greatest threatening force that the democratic, freedom-loving world faces today" (1/2/39).

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2019712_2019694_2019588,00.html&ved=2ahUKEwjHrMruyqr-AhWTR2wGHePKClAQFnoECA4QAQ&usg=AOvVaw3-x_WOd9miouX9PaMt940Y