'The worst of all time': Trump lashes out at Time's 'super bad' cover image.

This is a favorable story in a magazine that the president has consistently praised – except for one issue. The front-page image, Trump declared, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's tribute to the president's involvement in mediating a Gaza ceasefire, featured on its November 10 cover, was presented alongside a image of the president captured from underneath while the sun behind his head.

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

"The publication wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the most awful ever", the president posted on Truth Social.

“My hair was erased, and then there was a shape over my head that seemed like a hovering crown, but extremely small. Very odd! I have never liked being shot from underneath, but this is a super bad image, and it merits criticism. What is their goal, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown clear his wish to feature on Time magazine's front page and achieved this multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has extended to Trump’s golf clubs – previously, the editors demanded to remove mocked up covers shown in a few of his establishments.

The most recent cover image was shot by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the White House on the fifth of October.

The perspective did no favours for the president's jawline and throat – an opening that California governor Gavin Newsom did not miss, with his press office sharing an altered image with the problematic part obscured.

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Meanwhile, a defence of Trump's image has emerged from an unexpected source: the communications chief at Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs intervened to criticise the "self-incriminating" image choice.

"It’s astonishing: a photo exposes those who picked it than about the subject. Only disturbed individuals, people obsessed with malice and hatred –possibly even deviants – could have chosen such a photo", Maria Zakharova posted on the messaging platform.

"And given the complimentary photos of Biden that the periodical featured on the front, even with his age-related challenges, the case is self-damaging for the publication", she added.

The answer to Trump’s questions – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to artistically representing a impression of strength according to a picture editor, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

"The actual photo itself technically is good," she says. "They chose this shot because they wanted trump to look commanding. Staring up at someone evokes a feeling of their importance and Trump’s face actually looks thoughtful and almost slightly angelic. It’s not often you see photos of Trump in such a calm instance – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair appears to “disappear” because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. Although the story’s headline pairs nicely with the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the person photographed."

Few people appreciate being shot from underneath, and while all of the thematic components of the image are quite powerful, the visual appeal are unflattering."

The publication approached the periodical for feedback.