'The all-time low': Trump rails against Time's 'extremely poor' cover picture.

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

Time's tribute to Trump's role in facilitating a truce for Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was accompanied by a photograph of Trump taken from below while the sun shining from the back.

The result, Trump claims, is ""extremely poor".

"The publication wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the lowest quality in history", he shared on his social media platform.

“My hair was erased, and then there was a shape over my head that looked like a suspended diadem, but very tiny. Very odd! I have consistently disliked being shot from underneath, but this is a awful image, and it merits criticism. Why did they choose this, and why?”

Trump has made no secret of his desire to be pictured on Time magazine's front page and achieved this on four occasions in the previous year. The preoccupation has extended to Trump’s golf clubs – years ago, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages shown in several of his venues.

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

Its angle highlighted negatively Trump’s chin and neck – a chance that the governor of California Gavin Newsom did not miss, with the governor's office tweeting a version with the offending area obscured.

{The hostages from Israel detained in Gaza have been liberated under the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, alongside a Palestinian prisoner release. This agreement may become a signature achievement of the president's renewed tenure, and it could mark a strategic turning point for the region.

Meanwhile, a defence of his portrayal has emerged from a surprising origin: the communications chief at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to denounce the "revealing" image choice.

"It’s astonishing: a image exposes those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only disturbed individuals, people driven by hatred and animosity –maybe even degenerates – could have selected such an image", the official shared on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that that magazine featured on the front, notwithstanding his health issues, the story is simply self-incriminating for Time", she added.

The response to the president's inquiries – what did the editors intend, and why? – might involve innovatively depicting a sense of power says Carly Earl, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The photograph technically technically is good," she explains. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look impressive. Looking up at a person gives a sense of their importance and Trump’s face actually looks reflective and almost slightly angelic. It's rare you see pictures of him in such a serene moment – the picture feels tender."

Trump’s hair appears to “disappear” because the sunlight behind him has washed out that area of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. Although the article's title marries well with the president's look in the image, "you can’t always please the subject matter."

Few people appreciate being captured from low angles, and although all of the artistic aspects of the image are very strong, the aesthetics are unflattering."

The publication contacted the magazine for a statement.