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

Time magazine's tribute to Donald Trump's part in facilitating a truce for Gaza, featured on its November 10 cover, was accompanied by a image of the president shot from a low angle while the sun behind his head.

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

"The publication wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the picture may be the lowest quality in history", the president posted on his preferred network.

“My hair was obscured, and then there was an object above my head that seemed like a floating crown, but quite miniature. Truly strange! I have consistently disliked being shot from underneath, but this is a extremely poor image, and it deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?”

Donald Trump has shown obvious his ambition to appear on Time magazine's front page and accomplished it multiple times in the past year. The preoccupation has extended to Trump’s golf clubs – previously, the magazine asked him to remove fabricated front pages exhibited in some of his properties.

The latest edition’s photo was taken by a photographer for a news agency at the White House on October 5.

Its angle did no favours for the president's jawline and throat – an opening that California governor Newsom seized, with his communications team sharing an altered image with the criticized section blurred.

{The Israeli captives in Gaza have been freed under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, alongside a freeing of Palestinian inmates. The deal may become a defining accomplishment of the president's renewed tenure, and it may represent a key shift for that part of the world.

Meanwhile, a defence of the president’s appearance has come from a surprising origin: the communications chief at the Russian foreign ministry intervened to criticise the "self-incriminating" photo selection.

"It’s astonishing: a photograph exposes those who selected it than about the individual pictured. Only disturbed individuals, people driven by hatred and hatred –maybe even degenerates – could have picked this picture", the official wrote on Telegram.

"And given the complimentary photos of Biden that the same publication featured on the front, even with his age-related challenges, the situation is self-revealing for the magazine", she said.

The explanation for the president's inquiries – why did they choose this, and why? – could be related to artistically representing a impression of strength stated by Carly Earl, Guardian Australia’s picture editor.

The image itself is well-executed," she notes. "They selected this photo because they wanted Trump to look impressive. Looking up at a person gives a sense of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks reflective and almost slightly angelic. It's uncommon you see photos of Trump in such a peaceful state – the image has a softness to it."

Trump’s hair seems to vanish because the rear illumination has bleached that section of the image, producing a glowing aura, she adds. And, while the article's title marries well with the president's look in the image, "you can’t always please the person photographed."

Few people appreciate being captured from low angles, and although all of the artistic aspects of the image are quite powerful, the aesthetics are unflattering."

The news outlet reached out to the magazine for a statement.