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It is a positive article in a magazine that Donald Trump has consistently praised – except for one issue. The front-page image, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's praise to Donald Trump's part in facilitating a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a photograph of Trump captured from underneath and with the sun shining from the back.

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

"Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the image may be the lowest quality in history", the president posted on his preferred network.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had an object hovering on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an remarkably little one. Quite bizarre! I consistently avoided taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a extremely poor picture, and merits public condemnation. What are they doing, and why?”

Trump has made no secret of his desire to appear on the cover of Time and did so on four occasions in the previous year. This fixation has made it as far as his golf courses – in 2017, the editors demanded to remove fabricated front pages on display at several of his venues.

The latest edition’s photo was taken by a photographer for a news agency at the White House on the fifth of October.

Its angle highlighted negatively his chin and neck area – an opportunity that California governor Newsom did not miss, with his communications team sharing an altered image with the criticized section blurred.

{The living Israeli hostages in Gaza have been released under the initial stage of the president's diplomatic initiative, together with a freeing of Palestinian inmates. This agreement might turn into a signature achievement of his next term, and it might signify a key shift for the Middle East.

Meanwhile, a support for Trump's image has emerged from unusual quarters: the director of information at the Russian foreign ministry intervened to denounce the "damaging" photo selection.

"It’s astonishing: a image exposes those who selected it than about the individual pictured. Only sick people, people driven by hatred and resentment –possibly even deviants – could have selected such an image", the official shared on her social channel.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that that magazine displayed on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the story is simply self-incriminating for the magazine", she said.

The answer to Trump’s questions – what did the editors intend, and why? – may be something to do with creatively capturing a impression of strength according to an imaging expert, an Australian publication's photo editor.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she explains. "They selected this photo because they wanted Trump to look commanding. Gazing upward gives a sense of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It's rare you see photos of Trump in such a serene moment – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair appears to “disappear” because the sunlight behind him has bleached that section of the image, creating a halo effect, she explains. Even though the story’s headline pairs nicely with Trump’s expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

"No one likes being captured from low angles, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are highly effective, the appearance are not flattering."

The news outlet contacted the periodical for comment.