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This is a glowing article in a publication that the president has consistently praised – except for one issue. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's tribute to the president's involvement in mediating a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a photo of Trump taken from below while the sun shining from the back.

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

"Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the most awful ever", he shared on his social media platform.

“My hair was erased, and then there was a shape over my head that appeared as a hovering crown, but quite miniature. Really weird! I have always hated being shot from underneath, but this is a awful image, and it should be denounced. What is their goal, and why?”

The president has expressed obvious his ambition to feature on Time’s cover and achieved this four times last year. This fixation has extended to Trump’s golf clubs – years ago, the publication requested to remove fake issues exhibited in some of his properties.

The most recent cover image was taken by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the White House on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint did no favours for Trump’s chin and neck – an opening that the governor of California Gavin Newsom did not miss, with his press office tweeting a version with the criticized section blurred.

{The Israeli captives in Gaza have been freed under the first phase of the president's diplomatic initiative, alongside a Palestinian prisoner release. The arrangement might turn into a signature achievement of Trump's second term, and it might signify a key shift for the Middle East.

Simultaneously, a defence of the president’s appearance has been offered by a surprising origin: the communications chief at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs intervened to criticise the "damaging" image choice.

It's amazing: a photo exposes those who picked it than about the person in it. Just unwell persons, people driven by hatred and hatred –possibly even deviants – could have selected such an image", she wrote on Telegram.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that the periodical displayed on the cover, notwithstanding his health issues, the situation is self-revealing for the magazine", she added.

The explanation for Trump’s questions – what did the editors intend, and why? – might involve artistically representing a feeling of authority says Carly Earl, a media professional.

The image itself technically is good," she explains. "They picked this image because they wanted trump to look heroic. Looking up at a person gives a sense of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the picture feels tender."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the sunlight behind him has bleached that section of the image, producing a glowing aura, she says. Although the feature's heading pairs nicely with Trump’s expression in the image, "one cannot constantly gratify the person photographed."

Nobody enjoys being shot from underneath, and even if all of the thematic components of the image are very strong, the aesthetics are not complimentary."

The publication reached out to the periodical for comment.