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It is a positive article in a magazine that Donald Trump has consistently praised – with one exception. The front-page image, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in facilitating a ceasefire in Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was accompanied by a photo of Trump shot from a low angle and with the sun shining from the back.

The outcome, he says, is "super bad".

"Time wrote a relatively good story about me, but the image may be the most awful ever", Trump wrote on his social media platform.

“My hair was erased, and then there was a shape over my head that seemed like a floating crown, but extremely small. Truly strange! I have consistently disliked being photographed from below, but this is a super bad image, and it should be denounced. What is their goal, and why?”

Trump has made no secret of his desire to feature on the cover of Time and did so four times last year. The preoccupation has reached Trump’s golf clubs – previously, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages shown in a few of his establishments.

The latest edition’s photo was taken by a photographer for a news agency at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint was unflattering to his chin and neck area – an opening that California governor Newsom seized, with the governor's office posting a modified photo with the criticized section pixelated.

{The living Israeli hostages detained in Gaza have been liberated under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, in exchange for a Palestinian prisoner release. The arrangement could be a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it may represent a pivotal moment for that part of the world.

Simultaneously, a defense of Trump's image has emerged from unusual quarters: the communications chief at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs stepped in to denounce the "revealing" photo selection.

It's amazing: a photograph exposes those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only disturbed individuals, people filled with spite and resentment –perhaps even perverts – could have picked this picture", she posted on her social channel.

"And given the complimentary photos of Biden that that magazine used on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the situation is self-revealing for the magazine", she added.

The response to his queries – what did the editors intend, and why? – could be related to innovatively depicting a feeling of authority says an imaging expert, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The photograph technically technically is good," she notes. "They picked this image because they wanted Trump to look impressive. Looking up at a person evokes a feeling of their majesty and his expression actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It's rare you see photos of Trump in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

The president's hair looks erased because the light from behind has overexposed that part of the image, generating a radiant circle, she says. Although the story’s headline marries well with his facial expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being shot from underneath, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are highly effective, the visual appeal are not complimentary."

The news outlet reached out to the periodical for comment.