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This is a positive feature in a magazine that Donald Trump has frequently admired – but for one catch. The front-page image, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's paean to the president's involvement in brokering a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a image of Trump taken from below while the sun behind his head.

The effect, the president asserts, is ""terrible".

"Time wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the photo may be the most awful ever", the president posted on his preferred network.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was something floating my head that looked like a floating crown, but quite miniature. Very odd! I have always hated being captured from low angles, but this is a extremely poor image, and it deserves to be called out. Why did they choose this, and why?”

The president has expressed no secret of his desire to be pictured on Time magazine's front page and did so four times last year. The obsession has reached the president's resorts – in 2017, the publication requested to remove fake issues exhibited in a few of his establishments.

The most recent cover image was taken by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

Its angle highlighted negatively the president's jawline and throat – an opening that California governor Newsom did not miss, with the governor's office posting a modified photo with the criticized section obscured.

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At the same time, a support for Trump's image has been offered by a surprising origin: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry intervened to denounce the "revealing" picture decision.

It's remarkable: a photograph says more about those who selected it than about the subject. Just unwell persons, people obsessed with malice and animosity –maybe even degenerates – could have chosen such a photo", Maria Zakharova posted on the messaging platform.

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

The answer to his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to creatively capturing a impression of strength according to an imaging expert, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The image itself technically is good," she says. "They selected this photo because they wanted Trump to look impressive. Looking up at a person evokes a feeling of their majesty and Trump’s face actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It’s not often you see photos of Trump in such a calm instance – the picture feels tender."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. Although the feature's heading pairs nicely with Trump’s expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the subject matter."

"No one likes being photographed from below, and although all of the thematic components of the image are very strong, the visual appeal are not flattering."

The news outlet contacted Time magazine for a statement.