'The all-time low': Trump rails against Time's 'super bad' cover photo.

It is a glowing story in a periodical that Trump has frequently admired – except for one issue. The cover picture, he stated, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time's paean to the president's involvement in mediating a Gaza ceasefire, headlining its early November edition, was accompanied by a photo of the president captured from underneath and with the sun positioned behind him.

The result, he says, is "super bad".

"The publication wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time", he shared on his preferred network.

“They removed my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a hovering tiara, but an very tiny one. Quite bizarre! I always disliked taking pictures from low perspectives, but this is a extremely poor picture, and deserves to be called out. What is their intention, and why?”

Trump has made obvious his ambition to feature on Time magazine's front page and accomplished it four times last year. This fixation has extended to his golf courses – years ago, the magazine asked him to remove mocked up covers shown in several of his venues.

The latest edition’s photo was captured by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

Its angle was unflattering to his chin and neck area – an opening that the governor of California Newsom seized, with the governor's office posting a modified photo with the criticized section pixelated.

{The living Israeli hostages held in Gaza have been released under the first phase of the president's diplomatic initiative, alongside a freeing of Palestinian inmates. This agreement could be a defining accomplishment of his next term, and it might signify a pivotal moment for the region.

At the same time, a defence of his portrayal has emerged from an unexpected source: the spokesperson at the Russian foreign ministry intervened to denounce the "revealing" picture decision.

"It’s astonishing: a photograph exposes those who chose it than about the person in it. Only disturbed individuals, people filled with spite and resentment –perhaps even perverts – could have selected such an image", she wrote on her social channel.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that the same publication displayed on the cover, notwithstanding his health issues, the case is self-damaging for Time", she added.

The explanation for his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – may be something to do with innovatively depicting a feeling of authority says an imaging expert, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The image itself technically is good," she explains. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look commanding. Staring up at someone creates an impression of their majesty and his expression actually looks contemplative and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, producing a glowing aura, she says. And, while the story’s headline complements the president's look in the image, "you can’t always please the person photographed."

Few people appreciate being photographed from below, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are quite powerful, the visual appeal are not flattering."

The news outlet approached the periodical for a statement.