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This is a glowing story 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's praise to Trump's role in mediating a Gaza ceasefire, leading its 10 November issue, was presented alongside a photo of the president taken from below and with the sun shining from the back.

The result, the president asserts, is "super bad".

"Time Magazine wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", Trump wrote on his preferred network.

“My hair was ‘disappeared’, and then there was an object above my head that appeared as a floating crown, but very tiny. Really weird! I have never liked being shot from underneath, but this is a awful image, and it should be denounced. What is their goal, and why?”

Trump has made obvious his ambition to appear on the cover of Time and accomplished it four times last year. The preoccupation has extended to Trump’s golf clubs – previously, the publication requested to remove mocked up covers on display at several of his venues.

The latest edition’s photo was shot by a photographer for a news agency at the White House on October 5.

The perspective did no favours for the president's jawline and throat – an opportunity that California governor Gavin Newsom seized, with his communications team sharing an altered image with the criticized section obscured.

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Simultaneously, a support for Trump's image has been offered by a surprising origin: the communications chief at Moscow's diplomatic office stepped in to condemn the "self-incriminating" photo selection.

It's remarkable: a photo exposes those who selected it than about the subject. Just unwell persons, people obsessed with malice and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo", Maria Zakharova wrote on the messaging platform.

Considering the favorable images of Biden that the same publication featured on the front, notwithstanding his health issues, the case is self-damaging for the publication", she added.

The explanation for his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – might involve innovatively depicting a impression of strength stated by Carly Earl, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The photograph technically is professionally taken," she explains. "They picked this image because they wanted Trump to look impressive. Gazing upward gives a sense of their majesty and his expression actually looks thoughtful and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

His hair appears to “disappear” because the sunlight behind him has bleached that section of the image, generating a radiant circle, she explains. Even though the story’s headline complements the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the subject matter."

Few people appreciate being captured from low angles, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are quite powerful, the aesthetics are unflattering."

The publication contacted Time magazine for a statement.