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This is a glowing feature in a magazine that Donald Trump has frequently admired – except for one issue. The magazine's cover photo, the president decreed, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's praise to Donald Trump's part in mediating a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a image of the president captured from underneath while the sun behind his head.

The effect, he says, is ""terrible".

"Time wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the photo may be the lowest quality in history", he shared on his social media platform.

“My hair was ‘disappeared’, and then there was something floating my head that appeared as a hovering crown, but very tiny. Really weird! I have always hated being photographed from below, but this is a super bad image, and it deserves to be called out. Why did they choose this, and why?”

Trump has made clear his wish to appear on the cover of Time and achieved this multiple times in the past year. This fixation has extended to the president's resorts – years ago, the publication requested to remove fabricated front pages on display at several of his venues.

This issue's photograph was taken by a photographer for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on the fifth of October.

The perspective did no favours for Trump’s chin and neck – a chance that California governor Newsom did not miss, with the governor's office posting a modified photo with the criticized section blurred.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been liberated under the first phase of the president's diplomatic initiative, in exchange for a Palestinian prisoner release. This agreement may become a major success of the president's renewed tenure, and it might signify a pivotal moment for that part of the world.

At the same time, a support for the president’s appearance has emerged from unusual quarters: the communications chief at Moscow's diplomatic office came forward to criticise the "revealing" picture decision.

It's remarkable: a image reveals far more about those who chose it than about the person in it. Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and hatred –possibly even deviants – could have selected such an image", Maria Zakharova posted on her social channel.

Considering the favorable images of President Biden that the same publication used on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the case is self-damaging for Time", she added.

The explanation for the president's inquiries – why did they choose this, and why? – might involve innovatively depicting a sense of power stated by Carly Earl, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The photograph technically technically is good," she notes. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look impressive. Looking up at a person evokes a feeling of their grandeur and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost somewhat divine. It’s not often you see photos of Trump in such a calm instance – the photo appears gentle."

His hair looks erased because the sunlight behind him has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. Even though the article's title marries well with the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

Nobody enjoys being captured from low angles, and although all of the conceptual elements of the image are highly effective, the aesthetics are not flattering."

The Guardian contacted Time magazine for comment.