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This is a favorable story in a publication that Trump has frequently admired – with one exception. The front-page image, the president decreed, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time magazine's praise to Donald Trump's part in brokering a truce for Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was presented alongside a photo of the president taken from below while the sun shining from the back.

The effect, Trump claims, is ""terrible".

"Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the photo may be the Worst of All Time", Trump wrote on his preferred network.

“They removed my hair, and then had a shape drifting on top of my head that resembled a hovering tiara, but an remarkably little one. Truly strange! I always disliked taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a terrible picture, and should be criticized. What is their intention, and why?”

Trump has made clear his wish to appear on the cover of Time and achieved this multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has made it as far as his golf courses – years ago, the magazine asked him to remove mocked up covers on display at some of his properties.

The latest edition’s photo was shot by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on October 5.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively the president's jawline and throat – a chance that California governor Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his press office sharing an altered image with the offending area pixelated.

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Simultaneously, a defense of Trump's image has come from unusual quarters: the director of information at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs stepped in to condemn the "self-incriminating" image choice.

"It’s astonishing: a photograph reveals far more about those who chose it than about the subject. Only disturbed individuals, people driven by hatred and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have selected such an image", Maria Zakharova shared on Telegram.

Considering the favorable images of Biden that that magazine featured on the front, despite his physical infirmity, the case is self-damaging for the publication", she said.

The response to his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – might involve artistically representing a impression of strength stated by a picture editor, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The photograph technically technically is good," she explains. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look heroic. Looking up at a person gives a sense of their majesty and Trump’s face actually looks reflective and almost a bit ethereal. It's uncommon you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair appears to “disappear” because the light from behind has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. Even though the feature's heading complements the president's look in the image, "you can’t always please the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being photographed from below, and although all of the thematic components of the image are very strong, the visual appeal are not complimentary."

The news outlet approached the periodical for comment.