President Trump on Tuesday criticized Time magazine's cover photo of him.
The big picture: Trump's brokering of the Gaza peace deal has generated bipartisan praise with Time's November 10 issue calling Trump's role in the deal "his triumph."
Driving the news: The publication revealed its cover on Monday, and Trump praised the story but had gripes with the photo.
- "Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday.
- "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!"
- "I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out," he said.
Time did not respond to an immediate request for comment.
What's inside: "The deal could become a signature achievement of Trump's second term," Time correspondent Eric Cortellessa wrote in the cover story.
What they're saying: Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova also denounced the cover, writing on Telegram that the choice of photo was "astonishing."
- "Only unhealthy people, people obsessed with malice and hatred — perhaps even freaks — could have chosen such a photo," she said.
The intrigue: Russia has been attempting to appeal to the Trump admin amid strained relations with the U.S. over Russia's war with Ukraine.
The other side: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has taken to trolling Trump on social media, reposted the cover photo on X with Trump's neck censored.
Catch up quick: A peace agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas last week.
- In the first phase, Israel will partially withdraw its troops from Gaza, and Hamas will release the remaining hostages, Trump said.
- The breakthrough comes two years after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, with Israel's military destroying Gaza almost entirely and killing more than 67,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry.
- Despite the deal, however, the shooting hasn't stopped entirely, with Israeli forces killing seven Palestinians in a drone strike Tuesday morning.
Trump told Axios this weekend that the deal "could be the biggest thing I was ever involved in."
Editor's note: This story has been updated to add comments from Russia and California Gov. Newsom.
