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It is a favorable article in a publication that the president has frequently admired – but for one catch. The front-page image, Trump declared, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's praise to the president's involvement in mediating a ceasefire in Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a photograph of Trump shot from a low angle and with the sun shining from the back.

The effect, he says, is "super bad".

"Time wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the image may be the most awful ever", he shared on Truth Social.

“My hair was ‘disappeared’, and then there was something floating my head that appeared as a suspended diadem, but very tiny. Very odd! I have always hated being shot from underneath, but this is a super bad image, and it deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown obvious his ambition to be pictured on Time’s cover and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. This fixation has made it as far as the president's resorts – previously, the editors demanded to remove fake issues on display at several of his venues.

This issue's photograph was taken by a photographer for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on October 5.

The shot's viewpoint did no favours for the president's jawline and throat – an opening that California governor Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his communications team sharing an altered image with the criticized section obscured.

{The hostages from Israel held in Gaza have been released under the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, in exchange for a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The arrangement might turn into a major success of his next term, and it might signify a key shift for the Middle East.

Meanwhile, a defence of the president’s appearance has come from unusual quarters: the director of information at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs came forward to denounce the "damaging" photo selection.

It's remarkable: a photograph says more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only sick people, people driven by hatred and hatred –possibly even deviants – could have picked this picture", she shared on her social channel.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the periodical displayed on the cover, notwithstanding his health issues, the case is self-damaging for the publication", she noted.

The explanation for the president's inquiries – what did the editors intend, and why? – could be related to artistically representing a impression of strength according to a picture editor, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The image itself is professionally taken," she explains. "They picked this image because they wanted the president to look impressive. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their majesty and Trump’s face actually looks contemplative and almost slightly angelic. It's rare you see photos of Trump in such a calm instance – the image has a softness to it."

His hair looks erased because the sunlight behind him has washed out that area of the image, generating a radiant circle, she explains. Even though the feature's heading pairs nicely with Trump’s expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

Few people appreciate being shot from underneath, and although all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the visual appeal are not complimentary."

The publication contacted Time magazine for feedback.