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This is a glowing feature in a magazine that Trump has frequently admired – but for one catch. The magazine's cover photo, the president decreed, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time magazine's praise to Trump's role in facilitating a ceasefire in Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a photograph of the president captured from underneath and with the sun shining from the back.

The result, Trump claims, is ""extremely poor".

"Time Magazine wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the photo may be the most awful ever", the president posted on his preferred network.

“My hair was erased, and then there was a shape over my head that seemed like a suspended diadem, but very tiny. Very odd! I have consistently disliked being captured from low angles, but this is a extremely poor image, and it should be denounced. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown no secret of his desire to appear on the cover of Time and achieved this multiple times in the past year. The obsession has reached the president's resorts – previously, the editors demanded to remove mocked up covers on display at several of his venues.

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

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively Trump’s chin and neck – an opportunity that California governor Newsom seized, with the governor's office tweeting a version with the criticized section obscured.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been freed under the first phase of the president's diplomatic initiative, together with a freeing of Palestinian inmates. This agreement may become a signature achievement of Trump's second term, and it might signify a strategic turning point for the Middle East.

Simultaneously, a support for Trump's image has emerged from unusual quarters: the spokesperson at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to denounce the "revealing" photo selection.

It's amazing: a image says more about those who chose it than about the person in it. Just unwell persons, people driven by hatred and hatred –maybe even degenerates – could have chosen such a photo", Maria Zakharova shared on Telegram.

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

The explanation for his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – might involve artistically representing a impression of strength stated by Carly Earl, an Australian publication's photo editor.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she says. "They picked this image because they wanted Trump to look commanding. Staring up at someone evokes a feeling of their grandeur and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a serene moment – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, producing a glowing aura, she explains. Although the article's title pairs nicely with Trump’s expression in the image, "one cannot constantly gratify the individual in question."

Few people appreciate being shot from underneath, and even if all of the artistic aspects of the image are very strong, the aesthetics are not complimentary."

The Guardian contacted the periodical for a statement.