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This is a glowing story in a magazine that Trump has long exalted – but for one catch. The front-page image, the president decreed, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's paean to Donald Trump's part in mediating a ceasefire in Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was accompanied by a image of Trump captured from underneath while the sun behind his head.

The effect, he says, is ""terrible".

"The publication wrote a relatively good story about me, but the photo may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on Truth Social.

“My hair was ‘disappeared’, and then there was something floating my head that looked like a floating crown, but very tiny. Truly strange! I have never liked being photographed from below, but this is a super bad image, and it merits criticism. Why did they choose this, and why?”

The president has expressed no secret of his desire to appear on the cover of Time and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. This fixation has reached the president's resorts – years ago, the editors demanded to remove mocked up covers on display at some of his properties.

The latest edition’s photo was taken by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the White House on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively the president's jawline and throat – an opportunity that California governor Gavin Newsom did not miss, with his communications team posting a modified photo with the problematic part blurred.

{The hostages from Israel detained in Gaza have been released under the opening part of the president's diplomatic initiative, in exchange for a release of Palestinian detainees. The deal might turn into a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it could mark a strategic turning point for the Middle East.

Meanwhile, a defense of the president’s appearance has emerged from an unexpected source: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry stepped in to condemn the "revealing" image choice.

It's amazing: a photo says more about those who picked it than about the individual pictured. Only sick people, people filled with spite and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have picked this picture", Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that that magazine featured on the front, even with his age-related challenges, the story is simply self-incriminating for the publication", she noted.

The explanation for the president's inquiries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – might involve artistically representing a feeling of authority stated by a picture editor, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The image itself is professionally taken," she says. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look heroic. Staring up at someone creates an impression of their importance and his expression actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It's rare you see pictures of him in such a serene moment – the image has a softness to it."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the rear illumination has bleached that section of the image, generating a radiant circle, she adds. Even though the article's title complements the president's look in the image, "you can’t always please the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being shot from underneath, and even if all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the appearance are not complimentary."

The news outlet approached the periodical for comment.