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It is a glowing story in a magazine that Trump has consistently praised – with one exception. The front-page image, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in brokering a Gaza ceasefire, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a photograph of Trump captured from underneath while the sun shining from the back.

The result, the president asserts, is ""extremely poor".

"Time wrote a relatively good story about me, but the photo may be the lowest quality in history", the president posted on his social media platform.

“My hair was erased, and then there was something floating my head that looked like a suspended diadem, but quite miniature. Really weird! I have consistently disliked being captured from low angles, but this is a awful image, and it should be denounced. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown clear his wish to be pictured on the cover of Time and achieved this four times last year. The obsession has reached Trump’s golf clubs – years ago, the publication requested to remove mocked up covers shown in some of his properties.

This issue's photograph was shot by Graeme Sloane for a news agency at the presidential residence on 5 October.

Its angle was unflattering to Trump’s chin and neck – an opening that California governor Newsom did not miss, with the governor's office tweeting a version with the problematic part obscured.

{The Israeli captives held in Gaza have been freed under the initial stage of the president's diplomatic initiative, in exchange for a Palestinian prisoner release. The arrangement might turn into a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it may represent a strategic turning point for the Middle East.

Simultaneously, a support for Trump's image has come from an unexpected source: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry came forward to condemn the "self-incriminating" picture decision.

"It’s astonishing: a photo says more about those who picked it than about the person in it. Just unwell persons, people driven by hatred and hatred –possibly even deviants – could have picked this picture", she wrote on the messaging platform.

Considering the favorable images of Biden that the same publication displayed on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the situation is self-revealing for the magazine", she said.

The response to Trump’s questions – what did the editors intend, and why? – could be related to creatively capturing a impression of strength according to a picture editor, a media professional.

The image itself technically is good," she notes. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look impressive. Gazing upward gives a sense of their importance and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost slightly angelic. It's uncommon you see photos of Trump in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair appears to “disappear” because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, generating a radiant circle, she explains. And, while the feature's heading complements the president's look in the image, "you can’t always please the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being captured from low angles, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are very strong, the aesthetics are not flattering."

The news outlet contacted the periodical for a statement.