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This is a favorable feature in a magazine that Donald Trump has frequently admired – with one exception. The magazine's cover photo, Trump declared, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in brokering a truce for Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was accompanied by a image of the president captured from underneath and with the sun behind his head.

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

"Time Magazine wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the photo may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on Truth Social.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was a shape over my head that appeared as a suspended diadem, but extremely small. Really weird! I have never liked being photographed from below, but this is a extremely poor image, and it deserves to be called out. Why did they choose this, and why?”

The president has expressed no secret of his desire to appear on Time’s cover and accomplished it on four occasions in the previous year. The preoccupation has made it as far as Trump’s golf clubs – in 2017, the magazine asked him to remove fake issues exhibited in a few of his establishments.

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

Its angle was unflattering to the president's jawline and throat – an opportunity that the governor of California Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his press office sharing an altered image with the problematic part blurred.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been released under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, alongside a freeing of Palestinian inmates. This agreement might turn into a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it could mark a strategic turning point for the Middle East.

Meanwhile, a defense of his portrayal has come from an unexpected source: the communications chief at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to condemn the "self-incriminating" picture decision.

It's amazing: a photograph exposes those who selected it than about the subject. Only disturbed individuals, people filled with spite and hatred –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo", Maria Zakharova shared on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the same publication featured on the front, even with his age-related challenges, the situation is self-revealing for the publication", she added.

The answer to his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – might involve innovatively depicting a impression of strength stated by a picture editor, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

"The actual photo itself technically is good," she notes. "They selected this photo because they wanted trump to look impressive. Gazing upward gives a sense of their importance and his expression actually looks thoughtful and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

His hair appears to “disappear” because the rear illumination has bleached that section of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. And, while the article's title marries well with his facial expression in the image, "one cannot constantly gratify the subject matter."

Few people appreciate being shot from underneath, and although all of the thematic components of the image are highly effective, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The news outlet reached out to Time magazine for a statement.