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This is a positive article in a publication that the president has long exalted – but for one catch. The front-page image, the president decreed, ""could be the worst ever".

Time magazine's tribute to the president's involvement in facilitating a truce for Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was presented alongside a photograph of Trump taken from below and with the sun positioned behind him.

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

"The publication wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the image may be the lowest quality in history", he shared on Truth Social.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was a shape over my head that seemed like a suspended diadem, but extremely small. Truly strange! I have never liked being captured from low angles, but this is a extremely poor image, and it should be denounced. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown obvious his ambition to feature on the cover of Time and accomplished it four times last year. This fixation has extended to the president's resorts – previously, the magazine asked him to remove fake issues shown in some of his properties.

The latest edition’s photo was taken by a photographer for Bloomberg at the White House on 5 October.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively Trump’s chin and neck – an opportunity that the governor of California Newsom did not miss, with his communications team tweeting a version with the offending area obscured.

{The hostages from Israel held in Gaza have been freed under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, alongside a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal could be a signature achievement of Trump's second term, and it might signify a pivotal moment for that part of the world.

Meanwhile, a support for his portrayal has come from a surprising origin: the spokesperson at the Russian foreign ministry stepped in to denounce the "self-incriminating" image choice.

It's amazing: a photograph exposes those who chose it than about the subject. Only disturbed individuals, people obsessed with malice and animosity –maybe even degenerates – could have picked this picture", she shared on her social channel.

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

The explanation for Trump’s questions – what did the editors intend, and why? – could be related to artistically representing a feeling of authority says an imaging expert, a media professional.

The photograph technically is well-executed," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted the president to look heroic. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost slightly angelic. It's rare you see images of the president in such a calm instance – the photo appears gentle."

His hair appears to “disappear” because the sunlight behind him has overexposed that part of the image, generating a radiant circle, she explains. Although the feature's heading marries well with the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the subject matter."

Nobody enjoys being captured from low angles, and while all of the artistic aspects of the image are highly effective, the aesthetics are unflattering."

The news outlet reached out to the magazine for a statement.