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This is a glowing article in a magazine that Donald Trump has frequently admired – except for one issue. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, ""could be the worst ever".

Time's paean to the president's involvement in mediating a Gaza ceasefire, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a photo of the president shot from a low angle while the sun behind his head.

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

"Time Magazine wrote a quite favorable story about me, but the image may be the Worst of All Time", the president posted on his preferred network.

“My hair was ‘disappeared’, and then there was an object above my head that appeared as a hovering crown, but very tiny. Very odd! I have never liked being photographed from below, but this is a super bad image, and it should be denounced. Why did they choose this, and why?”

The president has expressed clear his wish to appear on the cover of Time and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has extended to the president's resorts – in 2017, the editors demanded to remove mocked up covers shown in several of his venues.

The most recent cover image was captured by a photographer for a news agency at the White House on 5 October.

The shot's viewpoint highlighted negatively the president's jawline and throat – an opportunity that California governor Gavin Newsom seized, with his communications team tweeting a version with the criticized section blurred.

{The Israeli captives detained in Gaza have been liberated under the initial stage of Trump's ceasefire agreement, alongside a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal may become a signature achievement of his next term, and it could mark a key shift for that part of the world.

Meanwhile, a defense of Trump's image has come from an unexpected source: the spokesperson at Moscow's diplomatic office intervened to criticise the "self-incriminating" photo selection.

It's remarkable: a image exposes those who picked it than about the subject. Just unwell persons, people obsessed with malice and animosity –maybe even degenerates – could have selected such an image", she wrote on the messaging platform.

Considering the favorable images of Biden that the same publication featured on the front, despite his physical infirmity, the case is self-damaging for Time", she said.

The response to Trump’s questions – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to innovatively depicting a impression of strength says a picture editor, an Australian publication's photo editor.

"The actual photo itself is professionally taken," she explains. "They chose this shot because they wanted the president to look commanding. Staring up at someone creates an impression of their grandeur and Trump’s face actually looks reflective and almost a bit ethereal. It's rare you see pictures of him in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

The president's hair seems to vanish because the sunlight behind him has washed out that area of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. Even though the article's title complements his facial expression in the image, "it's impossible to satisfy the individual in question."

"No one likes being captured from low angles, and while all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the visual appeal are not complimentary."

The Guardian contacted the periodical for comment.