'The all-time low': Donald Trump criticizes Time's 'super bad' cover picture.

It is a glowing story in a magazine that Trump has long exalted – with one exception. The front-page image, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time magazine's praise to the president's involvement in mediating a ceasefire in Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a photo of Trump captured from underneath while the sun shining from the back.

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

"Time Magazine wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the photo may be the Worst of All Time", he shared on his preferred network.

“They eliminated my hair, and then had an object hovering on top of my head that resembled a hovering tiara, but an extremely small one. Really weird! I consistently avoided taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What is their intention, and why?”

The president has expressed clear his wish to feature on Time magazine's front page and did so four times last year. This fixation has made it as far as his golf courses – previously, the magazine asked him to remove mocked up covers shown in a few of his establishments.

The latest edition’s photo was shot by Graeme Sloane for a news agency at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

The perspective did no favours for the president's jawline and throat – an opportunity that California governor Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his communications team tweeting a version with the criticized section obscured.

{The hostages from Israel held in Gaza have been freed under the initial stage of Trump's ceasefire agreement, together with a release of Palestinian detainees. This agreement could be a signature achievement of his next term, and it could mark a pivotal moment for the region.

Meanwhile, a support for Trump's image has emerged from an unexpected source: the communications chief at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to condemn the "self-incriminating" image choice.

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

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the same publication displayed on the cover, notwithstanding his health issues, the case is self-damaging for the magazine", she added.

The response to his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to creatively capturing a feeling of authority stated by Carly Earl, an Australian publication's photo editor.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she says. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look heroic. Looking up at a person gives a sense of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks reflective and almost a bit ethereal. It's rare you see pictures of him in such a serene moment – the photo appears gentle."

His hair looks erased because the rear illumination has washed out that area of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. And, while the feature's heading complements his facial expression in the image, "one cannot constantly gratify the person photographed."

Nobody enjoys being captured from low angles, and even if all of the conceptual elements of the image are very strong, the visual appeal are not flattering."

The publication contacted the periodical for feedback.