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This is a glowing article in a periodical that the president has frequently admired – but for one catch. The front-page image, he stated, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time's tribute to the president's involvement in brokering a truce for Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was paired with a photo of the president captured from underneath while the sun positioned behind him.

The result, he says, is "super bad".

"Time wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the picture may be the lowest quality in history", he shared on his preferred network.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had an object hovering on top of my head that resembled a hovering tiara, but an remarkably little one. Quite bizarre! I consistently avoided taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a super bad picture, and should be criticized. What is their intention, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown clear his wish to feature on the cover of Time and achieved this four times last year. This fixation has extended to the president's resorts – previously, the magazine asked him to remove mocked up covers on display at a few of his establishments.

The latest edition’s photo was shot by a photographer for a news agency at the White House on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively the president's jawline and throat – a chance that the governor of California Gavin Newsom seized, with the governor's office tweeting a version with the problematic part blurred.

{The Israeli captives in Gaza have been freed under the initial stage of the president's diplomatic initiative, together with a release of Palestinian detainees. The deal could be a major success of the president's renewed tenure, and it may represent a pivotal moment for the region.

At the same time, a defense of the president’s appearance has been offered by a surprising origin: the spokesperson at the Russian foreign ministry came forward to denounce the "damaging" image choice.

"It’s astonishing: a image reveals far more about those who selected it than about the individual pictured. Only disturbed individuals, people obsessed with malice and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have selected such an image", the official shared on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures 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 response to the president's inquiries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – may be something to do with artistically representing a impression of strength stated by an imaging expert, a media professional.

The photograph technically technically is good," she says. "They selected this photo because they wanted trump to look commanding. Gazing upward gives a sense of their majesty and his expression actually looks contemplative and almost a bit ethereal. It's rare you see images of the president in such a serene moment – the photo appears gentle."

His hair looks erased because the sunlight behind him has bleached that section of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. Although the feature's heading complements Trump’s expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the subject matter."

Few people appreciate being captured from low angles, and while all of the thematic components of the image are quite powerful, the aesthetics are not flattering."

The news outlet reached out to the periodical for feedback.