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This is a favorable story in a periodical that Donald Trump has long exalted – with one exception. The magazine's cover photo, the president decreed, ""could be the worst ever".

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

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

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

“My hair was erased, and then there was something floating my head that appeared as a floating crown, but very tiny. Truly strange! I have always hated being captured from low angles, but this is a extremely poor image, and it merits criticism. What is their goal, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown obvious his ambition to appear on Time’s cover and did so four times last year. The obsession has made it as far as the president's resorts – years ago, the publication requested to remove fabricated front pages exhibited in a few of his establishments.

The most recent cover image was captured by a photographer for Bloomberg at the White House on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint was unflattering to Trump’s chin and neck – an opportunity that California governor Newsom did not miss, with his communications team sharing an altered image with the problematic part obscured.

{The hostages from Israel in Gaza have been released under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, alongside a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The arrangement could be a signature achievement of his next term, and it may represent a key shift for the region.

Meanwhile, a defence of the president’s appearance has been offered by a surprising origin: the communications chief at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to condemn the "self-incriminating" image choice.

It's amazing: a photo reveals far more about those who chose it than about the person in it. Only sick people, people driven by hatred and hatred –perhaps even perverts – could have picked this picture", she wrote on her social channel.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that the periodical used on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the case is self-damaging for Time", she noted.

The answer to his queries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – may be something to do with innovatively depicting a impression of strength stated by Carly Earl, an Australian publication's photo editor.

"The actual photo itself is professionally taken," she notes. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look commanding. Gazing upward evokes a feeling of their majesty and his expression actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see images of the president in such a calm instance – the picture feels tender."

Trump’s hair looks erased because the rear illumination has washed out that area of the image, producing a glowing aura, she says. And, while the feature's heading marries well with Trump’s expression in the image, "one cannot constantly gratify the subject matter."

"No one likes being photographed from below, and while all of the artistic aspects of the image are very strong, the appearance are not flattering."

The publication contacted the magazine for comment.