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This is a glowing feature in a periodical that Donald Trump has frequently admired – but for one catch. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's tribute to the president's involvement in mediating a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a photo of Trump shot from a low angle while the sun shining from the back.

The result, the president asserts, is "super bad".

"Time Magazine wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the picture may be the most awful ever", the president posted on his social media platform.

“They eliminated my hair, and then had an object hovering on top of my head that appeared as a suspended coronet, but an extremely small one. Quite bizarre! I consistently avoided taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a terrible picture, and deserves to be called out. What is their intention, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown no secret of his desire to appear on Time magazine's front page and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has made it as far as his golf courses – previously, the publication requested to remove fake issues on display at several of his venues.

The most recent cover image was captured by Graeme Sloane for a news agency at the White House on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint was unflattering to the president's jawline and throat – an opening that the governor of California Newsom did not miss, with his communications team tweeting a version with the criticized section pixelated.

{The hostages from Israel held in Gaza have been liberated under the first phase of Donald Trump's peace plan, in exchange for a Palestinian prisoner release. This agreement may become a defining accomplishment of Trump's second term, and it might signify a pivotal moment for the region.

At the same time, a defence of Trump's image has come from a surprising origin: the director of information at Moscow's diplomatic office stepped in to condemn the "damaging" picture decision.

It's remarkable: a image says more about those who picked it than about the subject. Just unwell persons, people filled with spite and resentment –maybe even degenerates – could have selected such an image", she shared on the messaging platform.

In light of the positive pictures of Biden that the same publication featured on the front, notwithstanding his health issues, the story is simply self-incriminating for Time", she noted.

The explanation for Trump’s questions – why did they choose this, and why? – may be something to do with artistically representing a sense of power stated by a picture editor, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The image itself is well-executed," she says. "They picked this image because they wanted the president to look commanding. Gazing upward creates an impression of their grandeur and Trump’s face actually looks reflective and almost a bit ethereal. It's uncommon you see pictures of him in such a serene moment – the image has a softness to it."

Trump’s hair looks erased because the sunlight behind him has washed out that area of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. And, while the story’s headline complements his facial expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

Few people appreciate being captured from low angles, and even if all of the thematic components of the image are highly effective, the appearance are not flattering."

The Guardian contacted the magazine for a statement.