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This is a favorable feature in a publication that Trump has consistently praised – but for one catch. The front-page image, the president decreed, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's praise to Donald Trump's part in brokering a ceasefire in Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a image of Trump captured from underneath while the sun positioned behind him.

The outcome, the president asserts, is ""terrible".

"Time wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on his preferred network.

“They removed my hair, and then had a shape drifting on top of my head that resembled a floating crown, but an very tiny one. Quite bizarre! I always disliked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and should be criticized. What is their intention, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown clear his wish to feature on Time magazine's front page and did so four times last year. This fixation has extended to his golf courses – in 2017, the publication requested to remove fake issues exhibited in several of his venues.

The most recent cover image was shot by a photographer for a news agency at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

The perspective highlighted negatively the president's jawline and throat – a chance that California governor Gavin Newsom seized, with the governor's office tweeting a version with the offending area obscured.

{The Israeli captives held in Gaza have been freed under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, in exchange for a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal might turn into a signature achievement of the president's renewed tenure, and it may represent a pivotal moment for the Middle East.

Meanwhile, a support for Trump's image has emerged from unusual quarters: the director of information at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs stepped in to condemn the "self-incriminating" photo selection.

"It’s astonishing: a photograph exposes those who selected it than about the subject. Only sick people, people filled with spite and animosity –maybe even degenerates – could have picked this picture", Maria Zakharova posted on the messaging platform.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the same publication featured on the front, despite his physical infirmity, the story is simply self-incriminating for the publication", she said.

The response to his queries – what did the editors intend, and why? – may be something to do with artistically representing a impression of strength stated by an imaging expert, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The photograph technically technically is good," she notes. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look heroic. Gazing upward gives a sense of their majesty and his expression actually looks thoughtful and almost somewhat divine. It's uncommon you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

His hair looks erased because the rear illumination has bleached that section of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. And, while the story’s headline marries well with his facial expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

"No one likes being captured from low angles, and although all of the thematic components of the image are highly effective, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The Guardian reached out to the periodical for a statement.