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This is a positive article in a publication that Donald Trump has frequently admired – with one exception. The magazine's cover photo, Trump declared, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's tribute to Trump's role in brokering a truce for Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was paired with a photograph of the president captured from underneath and with the sun positioned behind him.

The effect, Trump claims, is ""terrible".

"The publication wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", he shared on his social media platform.

“My hair was ‘disappeared’, and then there was a shape over my head that seemed like a suspended diadem, but extremely small. Truly strange! I have consistently disliked being captured from low angles, but this is a extremely poor image, and it should be denounced. What is their goal, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown obvious his ambition to be pictured on the cover of Time and did so on four occasions in the previous year. The obsession has extended to his golf courses – previously, the magazine asked him to remove mocked up covers on display at some of his properties.

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

The perspective did no favours for the president's jawline and throat – an opening that California governor Gavin Newsom did not miss, with his press office tweeting a version with the offending area blurred.

{The hostages from Israel in Gaza have been freed under the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, together with a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal could be a major success of the president's renewed tenure, and it might signify a key shift for the region.

Meanwhile, a defence of Trump's image has emerged from a surprising origin: the communications chief at Moscow's diplomatic office stepped in to criticise the "damaging" photo selection.

It's amazing: a photo reveals far more about those who chose it than about the person in it. Only disturbed individuals, people filled with spite and animosity –maybe even degenerates – could have chosen such a photo", Maria Zakharova shared on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that that magazine used on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the case is self-damaging for the publication", she noted.

The answer to the president's inquiries – what did the editors intend, and why? – could be related to innovatively depicting a feeling of authority stated by a picture editor, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

"The actual photo itself technically is good," she notes. "They selected this photo because they wanted trump to look impressive. Gazing upward creates an impression of their grandeur and the president's visage actually looks contemplative and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a serene moment – the photo appears gentle."

His hair looks erased because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, generating a radiant circle, she says. Although the story’s headline complements Trump’s expression in the image, "you can’t always please the subject matter."

Nobody enjoys being captured from low angles, and even if all of the thematic components of the image are highly effective, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The news outlet approached Time magazine for comment.