'The most terrible ever': Donald Trump criticizes Time's 'super bad' cover picture.

This is a favorable article in a publication that Trump has frequently admired – but for one catch. The front-page image, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's paean to the president's involvement in mediating a Gaza ceasefire, headlining its early November edition, was accompanied by a photo of the president captured from underneath while the sun behind his head.

The effect, Trump claims, is ""extremely poor".

"Time Magazine wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the image may be the lowest quality in history", Trump wrote on his preferred network.

“They eliminated my hair, and then had an object hovering on top of my head that resembled a hovering tiara, but an very tiny one. Really weird! I always disliked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a terrible picture, and should be criticized. Why did they do this, and why?”

Trump has made clear his wish to feature on Time’s cover and achieved this on four occasions in the previous year. The preoccupation has reached the president's resorts – previously, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages exhibited in a few of his establishments.

The most recent cover image was taken by Graeme Sloane for a news agency at the presidential residence on 5 October.

The shot's viewpoint did no favours for Trump’s chin and neck – an opportunity that the governor of California Newsom took advantage of, with his press office tweeting a version with the problematic part pixelated.

{The Israeli captives in Gaza have been liberated under the opening part of the president's diplomatic initiative, in exchange for a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The arrangement might turn into a defining accomplishment of Trump's second term, and it could mark a strategic turning point for the region.

Meanwhile, a defence of his portrayal has emerged from a surprising origin: the communications chief at Moscow's diplomatic office stepped in to criticise the "revealing" picture decision.

It's amazing: a photograph says more about those who selected it than about the individual pictured. Just unwell persons, people filled with spite and hatred –possibly even deviants – could have selected such an image", the official wrote on the messaging platform.

In light of the positive pictures of Biden that the periodical featured on the front, notwithstanding his health issues, the case is self-damaging for the magazine", she noted.

The response to Trump’s questions – what did the editors intend, and why? – could be related to artistically representing a sense of power says a picture editor, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The image itself is professionally taken," she says. "They selected this photo because they wanted the president to look heroic. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It's uncommon you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the image has a softness to it."

The president's hair looks erased because the sunlight behind him has overexposed that part of the image, generating a radiant circle, she says. Even though the story’s headline marries well with his facial expression in the image, "one cannot constantly gratify the individual in question."

Few people appreciate being shot from underneath, and while all of the thematic components of the image are quite powerful, the aesthetics are not complimentary."

The Guardian contacted the periodical for a statement.