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It is a favorable article in a periodical that Donald Trump has consistently praised – but for one catch. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time magazine's praise to the president's involvement in facilitating a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a image of the president captured from underneath while the sun behind his head.

The result, the president asserts, is ""terrible".

"Time wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the image may be the lowest quality in history", Trump wrote on his preferred network.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that resembled a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Truly strange! I always disliked taking pictures from low perspectives, but this is a terrible picture, and merits public condemnation. Why did they do this, and why?”

Trump has made no secret of his desire to feature on the cover of Time and accomplished it on four occasions in the previous year. This fixation has reached his golf courses – in 2017, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages on display at some of his properties.

The latest edition’s photo was taken by Graeme Sloane for a news agency at the presidential residence on 5 October.

The shot's viewpoint did no favours for the president's jawline and throat – an opportunity that the governor of California Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his press office tweeting a version with the problematic part obscured.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been released under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, alongside a Palestinian prisoner release. The arrangement could be a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it might signify a pivotal moment for the region.

At the same time, a defence of Trump's image has emerged from a surprising origin: the director of information at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to condemn the "damaging" image choice.

It's amazing: a photo reveals far more about those who picked it than about the subject. Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and animosity –possibly even deviants – could have chosen such a photo", she shared on the messaging platform.

"And given the complimentary photos of President Biden that the periodical featured on the front, despite his physical infirmity, the situation is self-revealing for the magazine", she noted.

The explanation for Trump’s questions – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to creatively capturing a impression of strength says a picture editor, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The photograph technically is professionally taken," she explains. "They chose this shot because they wanted the president to look impressive. Staring up at someone gives a sense of their importance and his expression actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see pictures of him in such a calm instance – the picture feels tender."

His hair looks erased because the rear illumination has bleached that section of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. And, while the feature's heading pairs nicely with the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being shot from underneath, and even if all of the thematic components of the image are quite powerful, the appearance are not complimentary."

The news outlet reached out to Time magazine for feedback.