Putin tops Trump on Forbes' world's most powerful person list

  • 7 years ago
President-elect Donald Trump was beaten out for the top spot on Forbes' most powerful person in the world list released Wednesday. It marks the fourth year in a row that the Russian president was awarded the honor. Trump actually rose from 72 on the 2015 list to the No. 2 spot in 2016. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Pop Francis round out the top five.

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