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It is a glowing article in a periodical that Donald Trump has consistently praised – but for one catch. The cover picture, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's praise to Donald Trump's part in mediating a truce for Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was paired with a photograph of the president taken from below while the sun positioned behind him.

The effect, the president asserts, is "super bad".

"The publication wrote a relatively good story about me, but the image may be the most awful ever", the president posted on his social media platform.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was something floating my head that looked like a hovering crown, but extremely small. Very odd! I have never liked 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?”

Donald Trump has shown obvious his ambition to feature on Time’s cover and did so four times last year. The obsession has reached his golf courses – previously, the editors demanded to remove fabricated front pages on display at several of his venues.

The most recent cover image was shot by Graeme Sloane for a news agency at the presidential residence on October 5.

The perspective highlighted negatively Trump’s chin and neck – an opportunity that the governor of California Gavin Newsom did not miss, with his communications team tweeting a version with the criticized section blurred.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been released under the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, in exchange for a release of Palestinian detainees. This agreement may become a defining accomplishment of his next term, and it may represent a strategic turning point for the Middle East.

Meanwhile, a defense of the president’s appearance has come from a surprising origin: the spokesperson at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to condemn the "damaging" image choice.

It's amazing: a photograph exposes those who chose it than about the person in it. Just unwell persons, people obsessed with malice and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have chosen such a photo", she wrote on her social channel.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the periodical used on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the situation is self-revealing for the magazine", she noted.

The response to his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – might involve creatively capturing a impression of strength stated by an imaging expert, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The photograph technically is well-executed," she explains. "They chose this shot because they wanted Trump to look heroic. 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 uncommon you see images of the president in such a calm instance – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has bleached that section of the image, producing a glowing aura, she explains. Even though the article's title marries well with Trump’s expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the person photographed."

Nobody enjoys being shot from underneath, and even if all of the conceptual elements of the image are very strong, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The Guardian contacted the magazine for feedback.