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This is a glowing story in a periodical that the president has consistently praised – except for one issue. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time's tribute to Trump's role in facilitating a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a image of Trump captured from underneath and with the sun behind his head.

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

"Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on his preferred network.

“My hair was erased, and then there was something floating my head that appeared as a floating crown, but extremely small. Really weird! I have consistently disliked being shot from underneath, but this is a super bad image, and it merits criticism. What is their goal, and why?”

The president has expressed obvious his ambition to appear on the cover of Time and did so on four occasions in the previous year. This fixation has reached his golf courses – previously, the editors demanded to remove fabricated front pages on display at a few of his establishments.

This issue's photograph was captured by a photographer for a news agency at the presidential residence on October 5.

The shot's viewpoint was unflattering to Trump’s chin and neck – an opening that the governor of California Gavin Newsom did not miss, with the governor's office posting a modified photo with the problematic part obscured.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been freed under the opening part of Donald Trump's peace plan, together with a release of Palestinian detainees. The deal may become a major success of Trump's second term, and it might signify a strategic turning point for the region.

Simultaneously, a defence of Trump's image has come from an unexpected source: the director of information at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs stepped in to condemn the "damaging" picture decision.

It's remarkable: a image says more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Just unwell persons, people filled with spite and resentment –maybe even degenerates – could have selected such an image", Maria Zakharova posted on the messaging platform.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that the periodical used on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the story is simply self-incriminating for the magazine", she noted.

The answer to his queries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – might involve artistically representing a feeling of authority according to Carly Earl, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The photograph technically technically is good," she explains. "They chose this shot because they wanted the president to look commanding. Looking up at a person evokes a feeling of their grandeur and the president's visage actually looks reflective and almost a bit ethereal. It's uncommon you see photos of Trump in such a peaceful state – the picture feels tender."

His hair appears to “disappear” because the light from behind has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she adds. Although the feature's heading pairs nicely with the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

Few people appreciate being photographed from below, and even if all of the artistic aspects of the image are very strong, the aesthetics are not flattering."

The Guardian contacted Time magazine for a statement.