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This is a glowing story in a periodical that Donald Trump has consistently praised – except for one issue. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's paean to the president's involvement in brokering a Gaza ceasefire, leading its 10 November issue, was accompanied by a photograph of Trump taken from below and with the sun positioned behind him.

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

"Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the image may be the most awful ever", the president posted on his preferred network.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was an object above my head that looked like a hovering crown, but extremely small. Really weird! I have consistently disliked being photographed from below, but this is a super bad image, and it merits criticism. What are they doing, and why?”

Trump has made no secret of his desire to be pictured on the cover of Time and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has reached Trump’s golf clubs – previously, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages exhibited in some of his properties.

The most recent cover image was taken by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the White House on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively Trump’s chin and neck – a chance that California governor Newsom did not miss, with his press office posting a modified photo with the criticized section blurred.

{The hostages from Israel held in Gaza have been freed under the first phase of the president's diplomatic initiative, alongside a Palestinian prisoner release. The deal may become a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it may represent a key shift for that part of the world.

Simultaneously, a defence of the president’s appearance has come from unusual quarters: the spokesperson at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs came forward to denounce the "damaging" image choice.

It's remarkable: a photo exposes those who selected it than about the subject. Just unwell persons, people driven by hatred and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have picked this picture", she shared on her social channel.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the same publication displayed on the cover, notwithstanding his health issues, the situation is self-revealing for the magazine", she added.

The answer to Trump’s questions – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to innovatively depicting a feeling of authority according to an imaging expert, a media professional.

The photograph technically is professionally taken," she notes. "They picked this image because they wanted Trump to look impressive. Gazing upward creates an impression of their grandeur and his expression actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair looks erased because the light from behind has overexposed that part of the image, generating a radiant circle, she explains. Even though the article's title complements Trump’s expression in the image, "you can’t always please the subject matter."

Nobody enjoys being captured from low angles, and even if all of the conceptual elements of the image are quite powerful, the aesthetics are not flattering."

The publication contacted the magazine for comment.