'The all-time low': Donald Trump rails against Time magazine's 'extremely poor' cover image.

It is a favorable story in a periodical that Trump has long exalted – but for one catch. The front-page image, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's paean to Donald Trump's part in mediating a ceasefire in Gaza, headlining its early November edition, was paired with a image of the president captured from underneath and with the sun positioned behind him.

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

"Time wrote a relatively good story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", he shared on his social media platform.

“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that resembled a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Truly strange! I consistently avoided taking pictures from below viewpoints, but this is a terrible picture, and should be criticized. What is their intention, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown clear his wish to appear on Time’s cover and did so four times last year. The preoccupation has extended to Trump’s golf clubs – in 2017, the editors demanded to remove fabricated front pages exhibited in some of his properties.

This issue's photograph was shot by Graeme Sloane for Bloomberg at the White House on October 5.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively his chin and neck area – an opening that California governor Gavin Newsom seized, with his press office tweeting a version with the criticized section obscured.

{The Israeli captives in Gaza have been liberated under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, together with a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal might turn into a signature achievement of the president's renewed tenure, and it could mark a key shift for the region.

Meanwhile, a support for his portrayal has been offered by a surprising origin: the director of information at the Russian foreign ministry intervened to condemn the "damaging" photo selection.

"It’s astonishing: a photograph reveals far more about those who picked it than about the subject. Just unwell persons, people filled with spite and animosity –maybe even degenerates – could have picked this picture", she posted on Telegram.

In light of the positive pictures of President Biden that that magazine featured on the front, despite his physical infirmity, the situation is self-revealing for Time", she noted.

The explanation for his queries – what were Time’s editors doing, and why? – could be related to artistically representing a feeling of authority according to Carly Earl, a media professional.

The photograph technically is professionally taken," she explains. "They picked this image because they wanted Trump to look commanding. Looking up at a person creates an impression of their importance and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It’s not often you see pictures of him in such a peaceful state – the picture feels tender."

Trump’s hair appears to “disappear” because the light from behind has washed out that area of the image, creating a halo effect, she adds. Although the article's title complements his facial expression in the image, "you can’t always please the person photographed."

"No one likes being shot from underneath, and even if all of the conceptual elements of the image are quite powerful, the aesthetics are unflattering."

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