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This is a positive feature in a periodical that Donald Trump has frequently admired – except for one issue. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time's praise to Donald Trump's part in facilitating a ceasefire in Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was presented alongside a photo of the president taken from below while the sun positioned behind him.

The result, the president asserts, is "super bad".

"Time wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the image may be the lowest quality in history", he shared on his preferred network.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had a shape drifting on top of my head that looked like a hovering tiara, but an remarkably little one. Quite bizarre! I never liked taking pictures from low perspectives, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown no secret of his desire to be pictured on Time magazine's front page and accomplished it four times last year. The preoccupation has made it as far as his golf courses – previously, the editors demanded to remove fake issues on display at a few of his establishments.

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

The perspective did no favours for the president's jawline and throat – a chance that California governor Newsom did not miss, with the governor's office tweeting a version with the problematic part obscured.

{The living Israeli hostages detained in Gaza have been freed under the first phase of the president's diplomatic initiative, together with a release of Palestinian detainees. The arrangement could be a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it could mark a pivotal moment for the Middle East.

Simultaneously, a defense of his portrayal has come from unusual quarters: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry stepped in to criticise the "self-incriminating" image choice.

It's remarkable: a photograph reveals far more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only disturbed individuals, people filled with spite and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have picked this picture", she wrote on her social channel.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that that magazine featured on the front, despite his physical infirmity, the situation is self-revealing for the publication", she said.

The response to the president's inquiries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – might involve innovatively depicting a impression of strength stated by a picture editor, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

"The actual photo itself is professionally taken," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look impressive. Staring up at someone evokes a feeling of their grandeur and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

His hair appears to “disappear” because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, creating a halo effect, she adds. Even though the article's title marries well with the president's look in the image, "you can’t always please the subject matter."

Few people appreciate being captured from low angles, and while all of the conceptual elements of the image are very strong, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The news outlet approached the periodical for feedback.