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It is a positive feature in a periodical that the president has long exalted – but for one catch. The cover picture, he stated, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time's paean to the president's involvement in mediating a truce for Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was paired with a photograph of Trump shot from a low angle while the sun shining from the back.

The result, Trump claims, is "super bad".

"Time Magazine wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the picture may be the most awful ever", Trump wrote on his preferred network.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that resembled a floating crown, but an remarkably little one. Quite bizarre! I always disliked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a extremely poor picture, and deserves to be called out. Why did they do this, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown no secret of his desire to appear on Time’s cover and accomplished it four times last year. This fixation has reached Trump’s golf clubs – previously, the publication requested to remove fabricated front pages shown in some of his properties.

The most recent cover image was captured by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

Its angle did no favours for Trump’s chin and neck – a chance that California governor Newsom did not miss, with his communications team posting a modified photo with the offending area blurred.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been released under the initial stage of Donald Trump's peace plan, together with a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal may become a defining accomplishment of his next term, and it might signify a key shift for the region.

Meanwhile, a defense of his portrayal has emerged from an unexpected source: the spokesperson at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs stepped in to criticise the "damaging" image choice.

It's amazing: a photo exposes those who chose it than about the subject. Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and animosity –possibly even deviants – could have picked this picture", Maria Zakharova shared on her social channel.

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

The response to the president's inquiries – what did the editors intend, and why? – could be related to innovatively depicting a impression of strength stated by a picture editor, a media professional.

The photograph technically is well-executed," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look heroic. Looking up at a person evokes a feeling of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks contemplative and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see photos of Trump in such a calm instance – the photo appears gentle."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the rear illumination has overexposed that part of the image, producing a glowing aura, she explains. Although the feature's heading marries well with Trump’s expression in the image, "one cannot constantly gratify the individual in question."

"No one likes being photographed from below, and although all of the thematic components of the image are highly effective, the appearance are unflattering."

The news outlet approached Time magazine for feedback.