Donald Trump took issue with Time magazine’s cover depicting ‘His Triumph’ in the Middle East upon his return from a victory lap visit to Israel and Egypt.
Returning from Sharm el Sheikh yesterday, the US president was concerned that the magazine led with a cover image that ‘disappeared’ his hair and ‘had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one’, reports Britain’s Independent.
He said the picture ‘may be the Worst of All Time’.
“Really weird!” he wrote on his Truth Social platform. “I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing and why?”
Trump granted that Time had written “a relatively good story about me”. The article in question detailed ‘How the Trump administration sealed the Gaza ceasefire deal, referencing envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner’s “painstaking efforts” to “quiet one of the world’s most destabilising conflicts”.
The deal, the article said, “could become a signature achievement of Trump’s second term,” fulfilling his pledge to end the war and paving the way for a “new era” for the region, “defined less by conflict than by the possibility of transformation.”
Time unveiled the cover on Monday as Trump landed in Israel to meet the families of returning hostages and address the Israeli parliament before heading to Sharm el Sheikh.
The summit in Egypt was aimed at supporting the ceasefire in Gaza, ending the war, and developing a longer-term vision for governing and rebuilding the Palestinian territory.
Trump received outpourings of support during his address to the Knesset and in Sharm el Sheikh, where Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the co-chair of the summit, told him “only you” can bring peace to the region.
The Kremlin has lashed out at Time magazine over its cover depicting Trump after the American leader condemned the choice of photograph, Politico reported.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova also slammed the cover, writing on Telegram that the choice of photo was “astonishing,” as Moscow continues to try to ingratiate itself with Trump.
“Only unhealthy people, people obsessed with malice and hatred – perhaps even freaks – could have chosen such a photo,” she stormed.
While relations between Moscow and Washington have thawed somewhat since Trump began his second term, with the Republican leader inviting Russian President Vladimir Putin to peace talks in Alaska in August, the Kremlin’s refusal to end its grinding invasion of Ukraine has burdened their relationship.
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