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It is a favorable story in a publication that Donald Trump has consistently praised – except for one issue. The cover picture, the president decreed, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in brokering a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a photograph of the president captured from underneath and with the sun positioned behind him.

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

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

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had a shape drifting on top of my head that resembled a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Truly strange! I always disliked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a extremely poor picture, and deserves to be called out. What is their intention, and why?”

Trump has made obvious his ambition to appear on the cover of Time and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. This fixation has made it as far as Trump’s golf clubs – years ago, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages shown in several of his venues.

The most recent cover image was shot by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the White House on October 5.

Its angle highlighted negatively Trump’s chin and neck – an opening that California governor Newsom took advantage of, with the governor's office sharing an altered image with the problematic part pixelated.

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Simultaneously, a defence of the president’s appearance has emerged from a surprising origin: the communications chief at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to criticise the "revealing" picture decision.

It's remarkable: a image reveals far more about those who picked it than about the person in it. Only sick people, people filled with spite and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have selected such an image", she posted on Telegram.

Considering the favorable images of Biden that the periodical featured on the front, despite his physical infirmity, the case is self-damaging for Time", she added.

The answer to the president's inquiries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – might involve creatively capturing a sense of power stated by Carly Earl, a media professional.

The image itself is well-executed," she notes. "They selected this photo because they wanted Trump to look commanding. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their importance and his expression actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see images of the president in such a serene moment – the picture feels tender."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the sunlight behind him has washed out that area of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. And, while the story’s headline complements his facial expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being captured from low angles, and while all of the conceptual elements of the image are very strong, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The publication reached out to the periodical for a statement.