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This is a positive story in a magazine that the president has long exalted – with one exception. The front-page image, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's tribute to Trump's role in facilitating a truce for Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was presented alongside a image of Trump shot from a low angle and with the sun behind his head.

The result, Trump claims, is "super bad".

"Time wrote a relatively good story about me, but the photo may be the lowest quality in history", he shared on his social media platform.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had an object hovering on top of my head that resembled a suspended coronet, but an very tiny 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 Time magazine's front page and accomplished it four times last year. The obsession has made it as far as his golf courses – in 2017, the editors demanded to remove mocked up covers on display at a few of his establishments.

The most recent cover image was shot by a photographer for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

The perspective was unflattering to his chin and neck area – an opening that California governor Newsom seized, with his communications team tweeting a version with the criticized section pixelated.

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At the same time, a defense of Trump's image has come from a surprising origin: the spokesperson at the Russian foreign ministry came forward to criticise the "revealing" image choice.

"It’s astonishing: a image exposes those who selected it than about the individual pictured. Just unwell persons, people obsessed with malice and resentment –maybe even degenerates – could have selected such an image", Maria Zakharova posted on the messaging platform.

"And given the complimentary photos of Biden that that magazine displayed on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the story is simply self-incriminating for the magazine", she added.

The explanation for his queries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – could be related to creatively capturing a sense of power according to a picture editor, a media professional.

The image itself is well-executed," she says. "They selected this photo because they wanted trump to look impressive. Gazing upward evokes a feeling of their majesty and Trump’s face actually looks thoughtful and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see images of the president in such a calm instance – the picture feels tender."

Trump’s hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has bleached that section of the image, generating a radiant circle, she adds. And, while the story’s headline complements 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 highly effective, the aesthetics are not complimentary."

The news outlet contacted the periodical for comment.