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This is a glowing feature in a publication that Donald Trump has frequently admired – except for one issue. The cover picture, Trump declared, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in mediating a truce for Gaza, leading its 10 November issue, was accompanied by a image of the president taken from below and with the sun behind his head.

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

"The publication wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on his social media platform.

“They removed my hair, and then had a shape drifting on top of my head that appeared as a suspended coronet, but an extremely small one. Truly strange! I consistently avoided taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a super bad picture, and should be criticized. Why did they do this, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown no secret of his desire to appear on Time’s cover and accomplished it on four occasions in the previous year. The obsession has extended to his golf courses – in 2017, the publication requested to remove fake issues exhibited in several of his venues.

The most recent cover image was taken by a photographer for Bloomberg at the White House on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively his chin and neck area – an opportunity that California governor Newsom took advantage of, with his press office sharing an altered image with the offending area pixelated.

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Meanwhile, a defence of the president’s appearance has come from a surprising origin: the communications chief at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs intervened 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 driven by hatred and resentment –perhaps even perverts – could have selected such an image", Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of Biden that the same publication displayed on the cover, despite his physical infirmity, the story is simply self-incriminating for Time", she added.

The response to the president's inquiries – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to artistically representing a impression of strength stated by Carly Earl, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The photograph technically is well-executed," she explains. "They selected this photo because they wanted trump to look heroic. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their grandeur and the president's visage actually looks reflective and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a peaceful state – the picture feels tender."

Trump’s hair seems to vanish because the sunlight behind him has washed out that area of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. Even though the story’s headline marries well with his facial expression in the image, "you can’t always please the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being captured from low angles, and although all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the appearance are not complimentary."

The news outlet approached the periodical for feedback.