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This is a favorable article in a magazine that the president has long exalted – with one exception. The cover picture, the president decreed, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time magazine's paean to the president's involvement in mediating a Gaza ceasefire, headlining its early November edition, was accompanied by a image of Trump taken from below while the sun behind his head.

The result, Trump claims, is ""terrible".

"Time Magazine wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the image may be the most awful ever", Trump wrote on his preferred network.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was something floating my head that looked like a suspended diadem, but quite miniature. Really weird! I have consistently disliked being photographed from below, but this is a awful image, and it deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown obvious his ambition to feature on Time’s cover and accomplished it four times last year. The preoccupation has extended to his golf courses – previously, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages exhibited in some of his properties.

The most recent cover image was captured by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the White House on October 5.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively his chin and neck area – an opening that the governor of California Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his communications team posting a modified photo with the criticized section blurred.

{The Israeli captives in Gaza have been liberated under the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, together with a Palestinian prisoner release. The arrangement might turn into a signature achievement of Trump's second term, and it could mark a strategic turning point for the Middle East.

Simultaneously, a support for his portrayal has emerged from an unexpected source: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry came forward to denounce the "revealing" photo selection.

"It’s astonishing: a photo says more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only disturbed individuals, people obsessed with malice and resentment –perhaps even perverts – could have selected such an image", she wrote on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the periodical used on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the story is simply self-incriminating for the publication", she said.

The explanation for Trump’s questions – why did they choose this, and why? – may be something to do with innovatively depicting a feeling of authority stated by an imaging expert, an Australian publication's photo editor.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she explains. "They chose this shot because they wanted Trump to look heroic. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their importance and his expression actually looks thoughtful and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see photos of Trump in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair appears to “disappear” because the rear illumination has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. Although the feature's heading pairs nicely with Trump’s expression in the image, "you can’t always please the person photographed."

"No one likes being captured from low angles, and even if all of the thematic components of the image are very strong, the aesthetics are unflattering."

The publication contacted the magazine for feedback.