'The worst of all time': Trump rails against Time's 'extremely poor' cover photo.

This is a glowing feature in a publication that Trump has consistently praised – but for one catch. The magazine's cover photo, the president decreed, ""could be the worst ever".

Time magazine's praise to the president's involvement in mediating a truce for Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was paired with a image of Trump captured from underneath and with the sun shining from the back.

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

"Time wrote a relatively good story about me, but the photo may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on his preferred network.

“They removed my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an very tiny one. Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a terrible picture, and should be criticized. Why did they do this, and why?”

The president has expressed clear his wish to be pictured on the cover of Time and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has made it as far as Trump’s golf clubs – in 2017, the editors demanded to remove fabricated front pages exhibited in a few of his establishments.

The latest edition’s photo was shot by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

Its angle was unflattering to his chin and neck area – a chance that California governor Gavin Newsom seized, with his communications team posting a modified photo with the problematic part blurred.

{The hostages from Israel detained in Gaza have been liberated under the opening part of the president's diplomatic initiative, in exchange for 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 the region.

At the same time, a support for Trump's image has come from unusual quarters: the director of information at the Russian foreign ministry stepped in to denounce the "revealing" image choice.

It's amazing: a photograph exposes those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only sick people, people driven by hatred and hatred –maybe even degenerates – could have picked this picture", the official posted on Telegram.

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

The explanation for the president's inquiries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – may be something to do with artistically representing a impression of strength says Carly Earl, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The image itself technically is good," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted Trump to look heroic. Staring up at someone gives a sense of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It's rare you see images of the president in such a serene moment – the image has a softness to it."

His hair seems to vanish because the sunlight behind him has washed out that area of the image, creating a halo effect, she explains. Even though the article's title marries well with the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

Few people appreciate being shot from underneath, and although all of the artistic aspects of the image are very strong, the aesthetics are not flattering."

The news outlet contacted the magazine for a statement.