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This is a favorable feature in a periodical that Trump has consistently praised – with one exception. The front-page image, he stated, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time's praise to Donald Trump's part in brokering a Gaza ceasefire, headlining its early November edition, was accompanied by a image of Trump captured from underneath while the sun behind his head.

The effect, Trump claims, is ""extremely poor".

"Time Magazine wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on his preferred network.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had an object hovering on top of my head that looked like a hovering tiara, but an very tiny one. Really weird! I never liked 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 obvious his ambition to feature on the cover of Time and did so multiple times in the past year. This fixation has reached his golf courses – years ago, the editors demanded to remove fabricated front pages on display at some of his properties.

This issue's photograph was taken by a photographer for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on October 5.

Its angle did no favours for his chin and neck area – a chance that California governor Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his press office sharing an altered image with the criticized section blurred.

{The living Israeli hostages held in Gaza have been freed under the first phase of Trump's ceasefire agreement, alongside a Palestinian prisoner release. This agreement may become a major success of his next term, and it could mark a pivotal moment for that part of the world.

Meanwhile, a defense of his portrayal has been offered by unusual quarters: the director of information at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs intervened to denounce the "damaging" picture decision.

It's amazing: a image exposes those who selected it than about the subject. Only disturbed individuals, people filled with spite and hatred –possibly even deviants – could have selected such an image", she shared on the messaging platform.

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 the publication", she noted.

The explanation for his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to innovatively depicting a sense of power says an imaging expert, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The image itself technically is good," she notes. "They selected this photo because they wanted trump to look impressive. Staring up at someone gives a sense of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a peaceful state – the picture feels tender."

Trump’s hair looks erased because the light from behind has bleached that section of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. Although the feature's heading marries well with Trump’s expression in the image, "you can’t always please the individual in question."

Few people appreciate being shot from underneath, and even if all of the conceptual elements of the image are quite powerful, the appearance are not flattering."

The publication contacted the periodical for a statement.