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It is a favorable article in a magazine that Donald Trump has long exalted – with one exception. The front-page image, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's tribute to the president's involvement in mediating a truce for Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was presented alongside a photograph of Trump taken from below while the sun behind his head.

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

"Time wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“They removed my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that resembled a suspended coronet, but an very tiny one. Quite bizarre! I always disliked taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a terrible picture, and merits public condemnation. What is their intention, and why?”

Trump has made obvious his ambition to feature on Time’s cover and achieved this four times last year. This fixation has reached his golf courses – previously, the editors demanded to remove fabricated front pages shown in a few of his establishments.

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

The perspective did no favours for his chin and neck area – a chance that California governor Newsom did not miss, with his press office posting a modified photo with the offending area blurred.

{The hostages from Israel in Gaza have been freed under the initial stage of the president's diplomatic initiative, together with a release of Palestinian detainees. The deal might turn into a major success of his next term, and it might signify a key shift for the Middle East.

Simultaneously, a defence of his portrayal has come from a surprising origin: the spokesperson at the Russian foreign ministry intervened to denounce the "revealing" picture decision.

It's remarkable: a image says more about those who picked it than about the individual pictured. Only disturbed individuals, people driven by hatred and resentment –possibly even deviants – could have picked this picture", the official posted on the messaging platform.

Considering the favorable images of Biden that that magazine featured on the front, notwithstanding his health issues, the case is self-damaging for the magazine", she added.

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

"The actual photo itself is professionally taken," she says. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look impressive. Staring up at someone evokes a feeling of their majesty and Trump’s face actually looks contemplative and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see photos of Trump in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair looks erased because the sunlight behind him has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she adds. Although the feature's heading complements the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the person photographed."

"No one likes being shot from underneath, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are quite powerful, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The news outlet contacted the periodical for feedback.