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This is a favorable feature in a periodical that Donald Trump has frequently admired – except for one issue. The cover picture, the president decreed, "may be the Worst of All Time".

Time magazine's paean to Donald Trump's part in facilitating a ceasefire in Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was paired with a image of Trump shot from a low angle and with the sun shining from the back.

The outcome, the president asserts, is ""terrible".

"Time wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on his social media platform.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had a shape drifting on top of my head that resembled a floating crown, but an very tiny one. Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from low perspectives, but this is a terrible picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown clear his wish to be pictured on Time’s cover and did so multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has made it as far as his golf courses – years ago, the editors demanded to remove mocked up covers on display at some of his properties.

This issue's photograph was captured by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the presidential residence on October 5.

Its angle highlighted negatively the president's jawline and throat – an opening that the governor of California Gavin Newsom took advantage of, with his communications team sharing an altered image with the offending area obscured.

{The hostages from Israel in Gaza have been liberated under the initial stage of Donald Trump's peace plan, alongside a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal might turn into a signature achievement of the president's renewed tenure, and it might signify a key shift for the region.

Meanwhile, a defence of his portrayal has come from unusual quarters: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry intervened to denounce the "revealing" picture decision.

"It’s astonishing: a photo says more about those who chose it than about the individual pictured. Only sick people, people obsessed with malice and hatred –maybe even degenerates – could have picked this picture", the official posted on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of Biden that the same publication featured on the front, despite his physical infirmity, the case is self-damaging for the magazine", she said.

The response to the president's inquiries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – may be something to do with innovatively depicting a feeling of authority according to Carly Earl, an Australian publication's photo editor.

The photograph technically is well-executed," she explains. "They picked this image because they wanted Trump 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 photos of Trump in such a calm instance – the photo appears gentle."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the rear illumination has overexposed that part of the image, producing a glowing aura, she says. Even though the feature's heading complements Trump’s expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the subject matter."

Nobody enjoys being shot from underneath, and while all of the thematic components of the image are very strong, the appearance are not flattering."

The publication reached out to the periodical for comment.