2017 Person of the Year

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The correct answer is Xi. Trump got it last year, Mueller only exists as a spectre at present even with the ensnarement of Flynn (but will presumably make his move soon), #MeToo is a worthy contender but non-persons being awarded the title annoys me (and again has not achieved any tangible results beyond a few scalps: whether Hollywood/business/politics/society will actually make changes to end the scourge of sexual harassment besides taking out a few individuals and leaving the gross system that let those individuals off the hook for so long is debatable), the Crown Prince is more of a showman than anything else and Kaepernick was more important last year.

The role Xi is playing in the world's most populous country and most powerful political party is very important though; and it's a definitely a huge change from the era of relatively anonymous bureacrats like Hu Jianto.

https://www.newstatesman.com/world/asia/2017/12/chairman-everything-why-chinese-president-xi-jinping-will-change-history

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Why was Rocket Man even considered for Person of the year? Lol

it basically means "newsmaker of the year" rather than good guy of the year. Hitler, Stalin, Khrushchev, Andropov, the Ayatollah, Putin, Deng, Chiang Kai-shek   among others have all won it.