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It is a positive feature in a publication that Donald Trump has frequently admired – with one exception. The cover picture, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time magazine's praise to Trump's role in facilitating a Gaza ceasefire, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a image of the president captured from underneath and with the sun positioned behind him.

The outcome, the president asserts, is ""extremely poor".

"The publication wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on his preferred network.

“They removed my hair, and then had an object hovering on top of my head that appeared as a suspended coronet, but an extremely small one. Truly strange! I never liked taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a super bad picture, and should be criticized. What is their intention, and why?”

Trump has made clear his wish to feature on Time magazine's front page and did so four times last year. The obsession has extended to his golf courses – in 2017, the editors demanded to remove fake issues on display at several of his venues.

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

The perspective highlighted negatively his chin and neck area – an opportunity that the governor of California Gavin Newsom seized, with his communications team posting a modified photo with the offending area pixelated.

{The living Israeli hostages held in Gaza have been liberated under the opening part of the president's diplomatic initiative, together with a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal might turn into a defining accomplishment of his next term, and it may represent a pivotal moment for the Middle East.

At the same time, a defence of his portrayal has been offered by a surprising origin: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry stepped in to denounce the "damaging" photo selection.

It's remarkable: a photo reveals far more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only disturbed individuals, people obsessed with malice and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo", the official shared on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the periodical displayed on the cover, notwithstanding his health issues, the case is self-damaging for the magazine", she said.

The explanation for Trump’s questions – what did the editors intend, and why? – might involve creatively capturing a sense of power says a picture editor, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The image itself is professionally taken," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look heroic. Staring up at someone creates an impression of their majesty and his expression actually looks contemplative and almost slightly angelic. It's uncommon you see pictures of him in such a serene moment – the picture feels tender."

The president's hair looks erased because the rear illumination has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. Even though the story’s headline marries well with his facial expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being photographed from below, and although all of the thematic components of the image are quite powerful, the appearance are unflattering."

The publication approached the periodical for comment.