'The worst of all time': Donald Trump lashes out at Time's 'super bad' cover image.

This is a glowing feature in a periodical that Donald Trump has long exalted – but for one catch. The cover picture, Trump declared, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's tribute to Trump's role in brokering a truce for Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was accompanied by a photograph of Trump shot from a low angle while the sun behind his head.

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

"The publication wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the photo may be the lowest quality in history", Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“My hair was erased, and then there was a shape over my head that seemed like a floating crown, but quite miniature. Really weird! I have consistently disliked being shot from underneath, but this is a super bad image, and it merits criticism. What is their goal, and why?”

The president has expressed no secret of his desire to feature on the cover of Time and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has extended to the president's resorts – years ago, the magazine asked him to remove mocked up covers exhibited in several of his venues.

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

The perspective was unflattering to the president's jawline and throat – an opening that the governor of California Newsom took advantage of, with his communications team posting a modified photo with the criticized section obscured.

{The hostages from Israel in Gaza have been freed under the opening part of the president's diplomatic initiative, in exchange for a freeing of Palestinian inmates. This agreement might turn into a signature achievement of the president's renewed tenure, and it may represent a pivotal moment for that part of the world.

At the same time, a support for his portrayal has emerged from an unexpected source: the spokesperson at Moscow's diplomatic office stepped in to criticise the "self-incriminating" photo selection.

It's amazing: a image reveals far more about those who selected it than about the individual pictured. Only sick people, people filled with spite and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo", she wrote on her social channel.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the same publication used on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the case is self-damaging for the publication", she added.

The response to his queries – what did the editors intend, and why? – could be related to innovatively depicting a feeling of authority says Carly Earl, a media professional.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she says. "They picked this image because they wanted trump to look heroic. Staring up at someone gives a sense of their importance and his expression actually looks thoughtful and almost slightly angelic. It’s not often you see images of the president in such a serene moment – the picture feels tender."

Trump’s hair seems to vanish because the rear illumination has washed out that area of the image, creating a halo effect, she explains. Although the feature's heading complements his facial expression in the image, "you can’t always please the subject matter."

"No one likes being photographed from below, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are very strong, the aesthetics are unflattering."

The publication contacted the periodical for feedback.