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It is a favorable story in a magazine that Donald Trump has consistently praised – but for one catch. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in mediating a Gaza ceasefire, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a photograph of Trump captured from underneath and with the sun positioned behind him.

The outcome, he says, is ""extremely poor".

"Time wrote a relatively good story about me, but the photo may be the Worst of All Time", Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was an object above my head that appeared as a floating crown, but extremely small. Really weird! I have never liked 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 clear his wish to feature on the cover of Time and did so multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has made it as far as his golf courses – years ago, the editors demanded to remove fabricated front pages on display at some of his properties.

The most recent cover image was shot by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on 5 October.

The perspective was unflattering to Trump’s chin and neck – a chance that the governor of California Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with the governor's office posting a modified photo with the criticized section blurred.

{The hostages from Israel detained in Gaza have been liberated under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, in exchange for a release of Palestinian detainees. The deal might turn into a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it may represent a strategic turning point for the Middle East.

At the same time, a support for his portrayal has come from unusual quarters: the spokesperson at the Russian foreign ministry stepped in to denounce the "damaging" photo selection.

"It’s astonishing: a photo reveals far more about those who picked it than about the subject. Only sick people, people filled with spite and animosity –possibly even deviants – could have picked this picture", she posted on the messaging platform.

In light of the positive pictures of Biden that that magazine displayed on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the story is simply self-incriminating for the publication", she added.

The response to Trump’s questions – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – may be something to do with innovatively depicting a impression of strength says a picture editor, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The image itself is professionally taken," she explains. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look heroic. Looking up at a person evokes a feeling of their importance and his expression actually looks contemplative and almost slightly angelic. It’s not often you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the image has a softness to it."

His hair appears to “disappear” because the light from behind has overexposed that part of the image, generating a radiant circle, she says. And, while the feature's heading complements Trump’s expression in the image, "one cannot constantly gratify the person photographed."

Few people appreciate being photographed from below, and while all of the artistic aspects of the image are very strong, the appearance are not flattering."

The news outlet contacted the periodical for feedback.