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It is a glowing article in a periodical that Trump has frequently admired – but for one catch. The cover picture, Trump declared, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's paean to Trump's role in mediating a truce for Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was presented alongside a photograph of the president shot from a low angle and with the sun behind his head.

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

"Time Magazine wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the photo may be the lowest quality in history", Trump wrote on his preferred network.

“They eliminated my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that appeared as a hovering tiara, but an remarkably little one. Quite bizarre! I consistently avoided taking pictures from low perspectives, but this is a super bad picture, and should be criticized. Why did they do this, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown obvious his ambition to be pictured on Time magazine's front page and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. The obsession has extended to the president's resorts – years ago, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages on display at several of his venues.

The latest edition’s photo was taken by a photographer for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on 5 October.

Its angle highlighted negatively his chin and neck area – an opportunity that the governor of California Newsom seized, with the governor's office sharing an altered image with the offending area blurred.

{The Israeli captives held in Gaza have been liberated under the opening part of Donald Trump's peace plan, together with a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal might turn into a major success of Trump's second term, and it may represent a strategic turning point for that part of the world.

Meanwhile, a defence of the president’s appearance has come from unusual quarters: the director of information at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to denounce the "self-incriminating" picture decision.

"It’s astonishing: a image reveals far more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Just unwell persons, people filled with spite and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo", Maria Zakharova wrote on the messaging platform.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that that magazine displayed on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the story is simply self-incriminating for the magazine", she said.

The answer to Trump’s questions – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – could be related to innovatively depicting a impression of strength stated by a picture editor, a media professional.

The photograph technically is well-executed," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look heroic. Staring up at someone gives a sense of their grandeur and Trump’s face actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It's rare you see photos of Trump in such a serene moment – the photo appears gentle."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, generating a radiant circle, she adds. And, while the story’s headline marries well with his facial expression in the image, "you can’t always please the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being photographed from below, and even if all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the appearance are unflattering."

The news outlet contacted Time magazine for feedback.