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This is a glowing article in a publication that Trump has long exalted – except for one issue. The front-page image, the president decreed, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in facilitating a truce for Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was accompanied by a photograph of the president captured from underneath and with the sun shining from the back.

The effect, the president asserts, is ""terrible".

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

“My hair was obscured, and then there was an object above my head that looked like a floating crown, but very tiny. Truly strange! I have always hated being captured from low angles, 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 be pictured on Time’s cover and accomplished it four times last year. This fixation has reached the president's resorts – previously, the editors demanded to remove mocked up covers shown in some of his properties.

The latest edition’s photo was shot by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on October 5.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively his chin and neck area – an opening that California governor Gavin Newsom seized, with his communications team sharing an altered image with the criticized section pixelated.

{The living Israeli hostages 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 may become a major success of the president's renewed tenure, and it might signify a pivotal moment for that part of the world.

Simultaneously, a defense of Trump's image has been offered by a surprising origin: the spokesperson at the Russian foreign ministry stepped in to condemn the "revealing" image choice.

"It’s astonishing: a image reveals far more about those who picked it than about the person in it. Just unwell persons, people filled with spite and hatred –possibly even deviants – could have picked this picture", the official posted on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of Biden that the same publication used on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the case is self-damaging for Time", she added.

The answer to his queries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – may be something to do with creatively capturing a sense of power says Carly Earl, a media professional.

The image itself is well-executed," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted the president to look commanding. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their majesty and his expression actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It’s not often you see photos of Trump in such a peaceful state – the picture feels tender."

The president's hair appears to “disappear” because the rear illumination has washed out that area of the image, generating a radiant circle, she says. Even though the feature's heading complements Trump’s expression in the image, "one cannot constantly gratify the individual in question."

Few people appreciate being photographed from below, and although all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The news outlet approached the periodical for feedback.