Trump rails at Time magazine over unflattering photo
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Mr Donald Trump is outraged over a "really weird" Time magazine cover photo that does not do his neck and hair any favours.
PHOTO: TIME/X
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WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Oct 14 he liked a Time magazine story about his Middle East peace efforts but voiced outrage about the photo accompanying it, complaining that it had “disappeared” his hair.
“Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time,” Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
“They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Really weird!”
The photo is taken from a low angle, showing his neck and backlit hair.
Time posted it on the social platform X on Oct 13.
“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?” Mr Trump wrote.
The President has won plaudits for hatching an agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza after two years of war, leading to the release on Oct 13 of Israeli hostages
The Time story, published on Oct 10, describes the agreement as “a measure of redemption for Mr Trump, whose critics have accused him of abdicating America’s leadership role abroad”.
Mr Trump has closely followed how he is covered by Time, a storied news magazine that has twice named him as its Person of the Year, in 2016 and 2024. AFP
