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This is a favorable story in a magazine that the president has consistently praised – but for one catch. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in mediating a ceasefire in Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a image of Trump captured from underneath and with the sun shining from the back.

The outcome, he says, is ""extremely poor".

"Time Magazine wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the image may be the lowest quality in history", 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 very tiny one. Quite bizarre! I always disliked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a terrible picture, and should be criticized. What is their intention, and why?”

Trump has made clear his wish to be pictured on Time magazine's front page and did so on four occasions in the previous year. The preoccupation has made it as far as Trump’s golf clubs – in 2017, the publication requested to remove fake issues exhibited in a few of his establishments.

The most recent cover image was captured by Graeme Sloane for a news agency at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

Its angle was unflattering to his chin and neck area – an opening that the governor of California Newsom took advantage of, with his press office posting a modified photo with the offending area blurred.

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At the same time, a support for Trump's image has emerged from unusual quarters: the director of information at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs came forward to condemn the "revealing" image choice.

It's amazing: a image says more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and resentment –possibly even deviants – could have selected such an image", she posted on Telegram.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that the periodical used on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the case is self-damaging for the publication", she added.

The explanation for the president's inquiries – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to creatively capturing a impression of strength stated by a picture editor, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The photograph technically is professionally taken," 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 the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

The president's hair appears to “disappear” because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, generating a radiant circle, she adds. Even though the feature's heading marries well with his facial expression in the image, "you can’t always please the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being photographed from below, and although all of the thematic components of the image are very strong, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The news outlet contacted Time magazine for a statement.