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It is a glowing story in a magazine that Trump has frequently admired – but for one catch. The cover picture, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in facilitating a Gaza ceasefire, leading its 10 November issue, was presented alongside a photograph of the president taken from below and with the sun shining from the back.

The result, the president asserts, is "super bad".

"Time wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the picture may be the most awful ever", he shared on his social media platform.

“They eliminated my hair, and then had a shape drifting on top of my head that resembled a hovering tiara, but an extremely small one. Really weird! I always disliked taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?”

Trump has made obvious his ambition to feature on Time’s cover and did so on four occasions in the previous year. The preoccupation has reached the president's resorts – years ago, the editors demanded to remove mocked up covers exhibited in several of his venues.

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

The shot's viewpoint was unflattering to the president's jawline and throat – an opening that California governor Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his communications team sharing an altered image with the offending area obscured.

{The hostages from Israel in Gaza have been released under the first phase of the president's diplomatic initiative, in exchange for a freeing of Palestinian inmates. This agreement may become a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it might signify a key shift for the region.

Simultaneously, a defense of Trump's image has been offered by an unexpected source: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry came forward to denounce the "revealing" image choice.

It's remarkable: a photo exposes those who selected it than about the subject. Only sick people, people driven by hatred and resentment –maybe even degenerates – could have selected such an image", the official shared on the messaging platform.

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

The answer to Trump’s questions – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – may be something to do with artistically representing a sense of power says a picture editor, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The image itself is well-executed," she says. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look impressive. Gazing upward creates an impression of their importance and his expression actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see pictures of him in such a calm instance – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair appears to “disappear” because the sunlight behind him has bleached that section of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. Even though the story’s headline marries well with Trump’s expression in the image, "you can’t always please the individual in question."

"No one likes being photographed from below, and even if all of the thematic components of the image are highly effective, the aesthetics are not complimentary."

The publication reached out to Time magazine for feedback.