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It is a glowing feature in a periodical that Trump has long exalted – except for one issue. The front-page image, Trump declared, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's praise to Trump's role in facilitating a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a photograph of Trump captured from underneath and with the sun shining from the back.

The effect, he says, is ""terrible".

"Time wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the picture may be the most awful ever", the president posted on Truth Social.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was a shape over my head that looked like a suspended diadem, but very tiny. Really weird! I have never liked being captured from low angles, but this is a awful image, and it should be denounced. What are they doing, and why?”

The president has expressed no secret of his desire to be pictured on Time’s cover and achieved this multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has extended to Trump’s golf clubs – previously, the magazine asked him to remove mocked up covers exhibited in a few of his establishments.

The latest edition’s photo was captured by a photographer for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

Its angle did no favours for his chin and neck area – an opportunity that the governor of California Newsom seized, with the governor's office posting a modified photo with the criticized section pixelated.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been released under the opening part of the president's diplomatic initiative, together with a release of Palestinian detainees. The arrangement might turn into a major success of Trump's second term, and it could mark a key shift for that part of the world.

At the same time, a defence of his portrayal has been offered by an unexpected source: the spokesperson at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs stepped in to denounce the "self-incriminating" picture decision.

It's amazing: a photograph reveals far more about those who selected it than about the individual pictured. Only sick people, people driven by hatred and hatred –maybe even degenerates – could have chosen such a photo", Maria Zakharova shared on the messaging platform.

In light of the positive pictures of Biden that the periodical displayed on the cover, notwithstanding his health issues, the story is simply self-incriminating for the magazine", she noted.

The answer to the president's inquiries – why did they choose this, and why? – may be something to do with innovatively depicting a feeling of authority says Carly Earl, an Australian publication's photo editor.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look impressive. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their importance and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the picture feels tender."

The president's hair appears to “disappear” because the rear illumination has bleached that section of the image, generating a radiant circle, she adds. Even though the article's title complements the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

"No one likes being photographed from below, and while all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the aesthetics are not complimentary."

The news outlet approached the periodical for a statement.