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This is a glowing story in a magazine that the president has frequently admired – except for one issue. The magazine's cover photo, he stated, ""might be the most terrible in history".

Time magazine's praise to Donald Trump's part in brokering a Gaza ceasefire, featured on its November 10 cover, was paired with a photograph of Trump taken from below while the sun shining from the back.

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

"Time wrote a fairly positive story about me, but the photo may be the most awful ever", he shared on his preferred network.

“My hair was erased, and then there was an object above my head that looked like a suspended diadem, but extremely small. Truly strange! I have always hated being photographed from below, but this is a awful image, and it should be denounced. What are they doing, and why?”

Trump has made clear his wish to appear on Time’s cover and accomplished it on four occasions in the previous year. The obsession has reached his golf courses – years ago, the editors demanded to remove mocked up covers shown in some of his properties.

This issue's photograph was taken by a photographer for Bloomberg at the White House on the fifth of October.

The shot's viewpoint was unflattering to Trump’s chin and neck – a chance that the governor of California Gavin Newsom seized, with his communications team tweeting a version with the criticized section blurred.

{The hostages from Israel in Gaza have been liberated under the opening part of Trump's ceasefire agreement, alongside a release of Palestinian detainees. The arrangement may become a major success of the president's renewed tenure, and it could mark a strategic turning point for the Middle East.

Simultaneously, a support for Trump's image has emerged from a surprising origin: the spokesperson at the Russian foreign ministry intervened to criticise the "self-incriminating" photo selection.

It's remarkable: a image exposes those who chose it than about the subject. Only sick people, people driven by hatred and hatred –maybe even degenerates – could have picked this picture", the official posted on her social channel.

"And given the complimentary photos of Biden that that magazine featured on the front, despite his physical infirmity, the situation is self-revealing for the magazine", she noted.

The explanation for his queries – why did they choose this, and why? – may be something to do with artistically representing a sense of power says an imaging expert, a media professional.

"The actual photo itself is well-executed," she explains. "They chose this shot because they wanted the president to look impressive. Looking up at a person gives a sense of their majesty and the president's visage actually looks thoughtful and almost a bit ethereal. It's rare you see images of the president in such a peaceful state – the photo appears gentle."

Trump’s hair seems to vanish because the light from behind has bleached that section of the image, generating a radiant circle, she says. Although the feature's heading pairs nicely 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 appearance are not complimentary."

The Guardian approached Time magazine for a statement.