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It is a positive feature in a magazine that Trump has long exalted – with one exception. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's tribute to the president's involvement in facilitating a Gaza ceasefire, headlining its early November edition, was presented alongside a image of Trump captured from underneath while the sun behind his head.

The effect, he says, 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.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was a shape over my head that appeared as a hovering crown, but extremely small. Really weird! 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?”

The president has expressed clear his wish to appear on Time’s cover and did so four times last year. This fixation has extended to his golf courses – years ago, the magazine asked him to remove fake issues shown in a few of his establishments.

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

The perspective did no favours for Trump’s chin and neck – an opportunity that the governor of California Newsom seized, with the governor's office posting a modified photo with the criticized section pixelated.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been liberated under the initial stage of the president's diplomatic initiative, alongside a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The arrangement might turn into a major success of Trump's second term, and it could mark a pivotal moment for the region.

At the same time, a support for Trump's image has come from an unexpected source: the communications chief at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs intervened to condemn the "revealing" photo selection.

It's remarkable: a photo reveals far more about those who picked it than about the person in it. Just unwell persons, people obsessed with malice and animosity –maybe even degenerates – could have picked this picture", the official wrote on Telegram.

Considering the favorable images of Biden that the same publication featured on the front, even with his age-related challenges, the situation is self-revealing for the publication", she said.

The explanation for the president's inquiries – why did they choose this, and why? – might involve creatively capturing a feeling of authority according to Carly Earl, a media professional.

"The actual photo itself is professionally taken," she says. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look commanding. Looking up at a person evokes a feeling of their importance and the president's visage actually looks contemplative and almost a bit ethereal. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a calm instance – the picture feels tender."

The president's hair looks erased because the sunlight behind him has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. Even though the feature's heading pairs nicely with Trump’s expression in the image, "you can’t always please the subject matter."

Few people appreciate being photographed from below, and even if all of the artistic aspects of the image are highly effective, the aesthetics are not flattering."

The news outlet reached out to Time magazine for a statement.