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This is a favorable story in a publication that the president has consistently praised – with one exception. The front-page image, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's tribute to the president's involvement in mediating a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a photo of the president captured from underneath and with the sun behind his head.

The result, the president asserts, is ""extremely poor".

"The publication wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the image may be the lowest quality in history", he shared on his preferred network.

“They removed my hair, and then had a shape drifting on top of my head that resembled a suspended coronet, but an extremely small one. Quite bizarre! I consistently avoided taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. Why did they do this, and why?”

Trump has made clear his wish to feature on Time’s cover and accomplished it on four occasions in the previous year. The preoccupation has reached the president's resorts – previously, the magazine asked him to remove fake issues shown in several of his venues.

The most recent cover image was shot by Graeme Sloane for a news agency at the White House on October 5.

Its angle highlighted negatively Trump’s chin and neck – a chance that the governor of California Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his press office tweeting a version 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 release of Palestinian detainees. The deal could be a major success of the president's renewed tenure, and it might signify a key shift for the region.

Meanwhile, a defence of his portrayal has emerged from unusual quarters: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry came forward to denounce the "revealing" picture decision.

It's amazing: a image exposes those who picked it than about the subject. Only disturbed individuals, people filled with spite and hatred –maybe even degenerates – could have chosen such a photo", she wrote on Telegram.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that that magazine used on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the situation is self-revealing for the publication", she noted.

The answer to the president's inquiries – why did they choose this, and why? – might involve artistically representing a impression of strength says Carly Earl, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The photograph technically is well-executed," she explains. "They chose this shot because they wanted the president to look heroic. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their grandeur and Trump’s face actually looks reflective and almost slightly angelic. It’s not often you see photos of Trump in such a serene moment – the picture feels tender."

Trump’s hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, generating a radiant circle, she explains. And, while the feature's heading complements the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the subject matter."

Nobody enjoys being captured from low angles, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are highly effective, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The news outlet approached the magazine for comment.