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It is a positive article in a magazine that Donald Trump has consistently praised – except for one issue. The front-page image, he stated, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time magazine's tribute to Donald Trump's part in facilitating a truce for Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was presented alongside a photo of the president shot from a low angle while the sun behind his head.

The result, he says, is "super bad".

"Time Magazine wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", he shared on Truth Social.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was a shape over my head that appeared as a floating crown, but extremely small. Truly strange! I have always hated being photographed from below, but this is a awful image, and it should be denounced. What are they doing, and why?”

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

This issue's photograph was taken by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the White House on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint did no favours for the president's jawline and throat – an opportunity that California governor Newsom took advantage of, with his press office sharing an altered image with the problematic part obscured.

{The hostages from Israel in Gaza have been liberated under the first phase of the president's diplomatic initiative, in exchange for a release of Palestinian detainees. The deal might turn into a major success of his next term, and it might signify a pivotal moment for the Middle East.

Simultaneously, a defense of Trump's image has emerged from a surprising origin: the spokesperson at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to denounce the "revealing" picture decision.

It's amazing: a photo says more about those who selected it than about the individual pictured. Just unwell persons, people filled with spite and resentment –perhaps even perverts – could have picked this picture", Maria Zakharova shared on her social channel.

"And given the complimentary photos of President Biden that the same publication displayed on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the story is simply self-incriminating for Time", she added.

The explanation for Trump’s questions – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – may be something to do with innovatively depicting a impression of strength stated by a picture editor, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she says. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look impressive. Looking up at a person gives a sense of their grandeur and the president's visage actually looks contemplative and almost a bit ethereal. It’s not often you see photos of Trump in such a calm instance – the image has a softness to it."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has bleached that section of the image, generating a radiant circle, she adds. Even though the feature's heading complements Trump’s expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the person photographed."

"No one likes being captured from low angles, and although all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the appearance are not flattering."

The publication approached Time magazine for a statement.