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It is a positive story in a magazine that Donald Trump has consistently praised – except for one issue. The cover picture, the president decreed, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's tribute to Donald Trump's part in mediating a ceasefire in Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was paired with a image of Trump taken from below while the sun behind his head.

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

"Time wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the photo may be the most awful ever", Trump wrote on his social media platform.

“They eliminated my hair, and then had an object hovering on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an remarkably little one. Really weird! I consistently avoided taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown obvious his ambition to be pictured on the cover of Time and did so four times last year. The preoccupation has reached his golf courses – in 2017, the publication requested to remove fabricated front pages shown in a few of his establishments.

The latest edition’s photo was shot by a photographer for a news agency at the White House on October 5.

The shot's viewpoint was unflattering to Trump’s chin and neck – an opportunity that the governor of California Gavin Newsom seized, with his communications team posting a modified photo with the offending area pixelated.

{The hostages from Israel held in Gaza have been freed under the opening part of the president's diplomatic initiative, together with a release of Palestinian detainees. The arrangement might turn into a signature achievement of the president's renewed tenure, and it could mark a key shift for that part of the world.

Simultaneously, a support for Trump's image has been offered by an unexpected source: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry stepped in to condemn the "self-incriminating" picture decision.

"It’s astonishing: 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 picked this picture", Maria Zakharova posted on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of Biden that the same publication featured on the front, notwithstanding his health issues, the situation is self-revealing for the publication", she said.

The explanation for Trump’s questions – why did they choose this, and why? – may be something to do with creatively capturing a impression of strength says Carly Earl, a media professional.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she explains. "They picked this image because they wanted the president to look commanding. Staring up at someone evokes a feeling of their importance and Trump’s face actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It's rare you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the picture feels tender."

The president's hair appears to “disappear” because the sunlight behind him has overexposed that part of the image, creating a halo effect, she says. And, while the article's title marries well with the president's look in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the subject matter."

"No one likes being photographed from below, and while all of the conceptual elements of the image are highly effective, the visual appeal are not flattering."

The news outlet reached out to Time magazine for feedback.