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It is a favorable story in a periodical that Donald Trump has consistently praised – with one exception. The cover picture, the president decreed, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in brokering a ceasefire in Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was accompanied by a image of the president captured from underneath and with the sun shining from the back.

The outcome, Trump claims, is ""terrible".

"Time wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time", Trump wrote on his social media platform.

“My hair was erased, and then there was a shape over my head that appeared as a hovering crown, but very tiny. Really weird! I have consistently disliked being captured from low angles, but this is a extremely poor image, and it deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?”

Trump has made no secret of his desire to feature on Time’s cover and accomplished it on four occasions in the previous year. The preoccupation has reached the president's resorts – in 2017, the publication requested to remove mocked up covers on display at several of his venues.

This issue's photograph was captured by a photographer for a news agency at the presidential residence on October 5.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively Trump’s chin and neck – a chance that the governor of California Gavin Newsom did not miss, with his communications team posting a modified photo with the offending area obscured.

{The Israeli captives in Gaza have been released under the opening part of Donald Trump's peace plan, in exchange for a Palestinian prisoner release. The arrangement may become a defining accomplishment of Trump's second term, and it might signify a key shift for the Middle East.

At the same time, a defense of Trump's image has emerged from a surprising origin: the director of information at the Russian foreign ministry came forward to condemn the "revealing" photo selection.

It's remarkable: a image reveals far more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and animosity –perhaps even perverts – could have picked this picture", she shared on the messaging platform.

Considering the favorable images of Biden that the same publication used on the cover, even with his age-related challenges, the story is simply self-incriminating for Time", she said.

The explanation for Trump’s questions – what did the editors intend, and why? – might involve artistically representing a feeling of authority stated by Carly Earl, a media professional.

The photograph technically technically is good," she notes. "They picked this image because they wanted trump to look heroic. Staring up at someone creates an impression of their grandeur and his expression actually looks thoughtful and almost slightly angelic. It's rare you see photos of Trump in such a peaceful state – the picture feels tender."

His hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, generating a radiant circle, she explains. Although the article's title pairs nicely with the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the person photographed."

"No one likes being shot from underneath, and while all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the aesthetics are not complimentary."

The news outlet reached out to Time magazine for comment.