{"id":6126,"date":"2025-10-21T18:22:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=6126"},"modified":"2025-10-21T18:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T18:22:01","slug":"trump-fires-back-at-time-magazine-over-unflattering-cover-photo-amid-praise-for-historic-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=6126","title":{"rendered":"Trump Fires Back at TIME Magazine Over Unflattering Cover Photo Amid Praise for Historic Peace Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"44\" data-end=\"541\">Donald Trump criticized the cover image of Time Magazine that featured him alongside a write-up about his role in the latest peace agreement between Israel and Hamas. Although he acknowledged that the accompanying article was \u201crelatively good,\u201d he lambasted the photograph used\u2014calling it \u201cthe worst of all time\u201d\u2014because, in his view, it portrayed him at an un-flattering angle, making his hair appear \u201cdisappeared\u201d and casting an unfavorable visual effect. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">Axios<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+2<\/span><\/span><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between absolute\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">New York Post<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+2<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"543\" data-end=\"1015\">In a post on Truth\u202fSocial, Trump wrote that he has \u201cnever liked pictures taken from below,\u201d but insisted this cover was \u201creally bad.\u201d <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">KATU<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> The cover itself bears the headline \u201cHis Triumph\u201d in reference to the Israeli-Hamas accord, and yet Trump asserted that Time used the image to diminish his diplomatic achievement by focusing on an unflattering portrait rather than the substance of his success. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">New York Post<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1446\">Trump\u2019s reaction sparked a broader conversation online about how media outlets treat political figures\u2014especially concerning visual portrayals. Critics argued that the image choice undermined the message of the cover story, while supporters of Trump claimed his response underscored long-standing tensions between the press and public figures over image, narrative control, and legitimacy. <span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\" data-testid=\"webpage-citation-pill\"><span class=\"relative start-0 bottom-0 flex h-full w-full items-center\"><span class=\"flex h-4 w-full items-center justify-between\"><span class=\"max-w-[15ch] grow truncate overflow-hidden text-center\">The Times of India<\/span><span class=\"-me-1 flex h-full items-center rounded-full px-1 text-[#8F8F8F]\">+1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1448\" data-end=\"1728\">In short, the uproar centers less on the story itself (which recognizes Trump\u2019s diplomatic role) and more on the perceived injustice of how he was portrayed visually\u2014raising questions about whether photo choices can undercut narrative messages, even in serious political coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Donald Trump criticized the cover image of Time Magazine that featured him alongside a write-up about his role in the latest peace agreement between Israel <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=6126\" title=\"Trump Fires Back at TIME Magazine Over Unflattering Cover Photo Amid Praise for Historic Peace Deal\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6127,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions\/6127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}