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This is a glowing story in a periodical that Trump has consistently praised – but for one catch. The cover picture, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's tribute to Donald Trump's part in brokering a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a image of the president captured from underneath while the sun shining from the back.

The outcome, he says, is "super bad".

"Time Magazine wrote a relatively good 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 an object hovering on top of my head that resembled a suspended coronet, but an remarkably little one. Really weird! I consistently avoided taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a terrible picture, and merits public condemnation. Why did they do this, and why?”

Trump has made no secret of his desire to feature on Time magazine's front page and achieved this multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has made it as far as his golf courses – previously, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages exhibited in 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.

Its angle was unflattering to his chin and neck area – an opportunity that the governor of California Gavin Newsom did not miss, with his press office posting a modified photo with the offending area pixelated.

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Meanwhile, a defence of Trump's image has been offered by unusual quarters: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry stepped in to condemn the "damaging" image choice.

"It’s astonishing: a image reveals far more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only disturbed individuals, people filled with spite and animosity –maybe even degenerates – could have chosen such a photo", Maria Zakharova posted on the messaging platform.

In light of the positive pictures of Biden that that magazine used on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the situation is self-revealing for Time", she added.

The answer to the president's inquiries – why did they choose this, and why? – might involve creatively capturing a sense of power according to an imaging expert, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The image itself is well-executed," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted Trump to look impressive. Looking up at a person evokes a feeling of their majesty and his expression actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It's rare you see pictures of him in such a serene moment – the picture feels tender."

His hair appears to “disappear” because the sunlight behind him has bleached that section of the image, producing a glowing aura, she explains. And, while the feature's heading pairs nicely with his facial expression in the image, "you can’t always please the person photographed."

Few people appreciate being shot from underneath, and even if all of the artistic aspects of the image are highly effective, the appearance are not complimentary."

The news outlet reached out to the periodical for comment.