'The worst of all time': Trump criticizes Time's 'super bad' cover picture.

This is a glowing feature in a publication that Trump has consistently praised – except for one issue. The cover picture, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's tribute to Trump's role in mediating a truce for Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was presented alongside a photograph of the president shot from a low angle while the sun positioned behind him.

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

"The publication wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the picture may be the most awful ever", Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“My hair was erased, and then there was something floating my head that seemed like a hovering crown, but very tiny. Really weird! I have never liked being shot from underneath, but this is a super bad image, and it merits criticism. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown clear his wish to be pictured on Time magazine's front page and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has extended to his golf courses – years ago, the magazine asked him to remove fake issues exhibited in several of his venues.

This issue's photograph was shot by Graeme Sloane for a news agency at the White House on the fifth of October.

The perspective was unflattering to his chin and neck area – a chance that the governor of California Gavin Newsom seized, with the governor's office sharing an altered image with the offending area blurred.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been freed under the opening part of the president's diplomatic initiative, together with a release of Palestinian detainees. This agreement may become a major success of the president's renewed tenure, and it could mark a strategic turning point for that part of the world.

Meanwhile, a defence of Trump's image has emerged from unusual quarters: the spokesperson at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs stepped in to denounce the "damaging" photo selection.

It's remarkable: a image exposes those who selected it than about the person in it. Only disturbed individuals, people obsessed with malice and hatred –maybe even degenerates – could have chosen such a photo", the official posted on the messaging platform.

"And given the complimentary photos of President Biden that that magazine featured on the front, notwithstanding his health issues, the situation is self-revealing for the magazine", she added.

The answer to Trump’s questions – what did the editors intend, and why? – may be something to do with creatively capturing a sense of power says a picture editor, a media professional.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she explains. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look heroic. Looking up at a person evokes a feeling of their majesty and his expression actually looks reflective and almost slightly angelic. It’s not often you see photos of Trump in such a calm instance – the image has a softness to it."

Trump’s hair appears to “disappear” because the light from behind has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she adds. And, while the article's title pairs nicely with the president's look in the image, "you can’t always please the person photographed."

Few people appreciate being captured from low angles, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are quite powerful, the appearance are not flattering."

The publication approached Time magazine for a statement.