President Donald Trump is receiving unprecedented praise for his role in brokering a historic peace deal between Israel and Hamas.
While heโs being widely praised for his peacemaking efforts, TIME Magazineโs latest cover has now sparked his outrage.
A low angle against a bright sky
President Donald Trump is once again making headlines โ but not just for his historic peacemaking efforts between Israel and Hamas, but for his reaction to TIME Magazineโs latest cover. The magazine celebrated Trumpโs role in brokering a Gaza ceasefire and hailed it as โHis Triumph,โ yet the president erupted over the accompanying photograph.
โTime Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time,โ Trump wrote on Truth Social. โThey โdisappearedโ 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!โ
The photo, taken from a low angle against a bright sky, seemed to minimize the volume of Trumpโs signature blond hair โ an issue that has long drawn public fascination. Trump, 79, made his displeasure clear: โI 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?โ
While the cover image drew criticism from Trump, he did express appreciation for the magazineโs story, which highlighted the painstaking efforts by Trump, Jared Kushner, and envoy Steve Witkoff to broker peace.
โIโm good at solving warsโ
Trumpโs recent travels to Israel and Egypt culminated in the signing of a declaration involving 20 global leaders, including representatives from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey, and resulted in the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners under the ceasefire agreement.
โIโm good at solving wars. Iโm good at making peace,โ Trump told the BBC at the Egyptian summit.
TIME Magazineโs cover, featuring Trump in his signature navy suit and red tie, frames the peace deal as a potential โsignature achievementโ of his second term and a strategic turning point in the Middle East.
Over the years, Trump has faced speculation about secret comb-overs or hair transplants, with cosmetic surgeon Gary Linkov suggesting the president may have had at least five procedures.
Trump has repeatedly insisted his hair is real: โI donโt wear a toupee. Itโs my hair. Itโs my hair. I swear.โ
Trump first appeared on TIMEโs cover in 1989 and is a two-time Person of the Year. Yet his relationship with the magazine has always been complicated: he criticized the outlet for not naming him Person of the Year in 2015, and previously dismissed its 100 Most Influential People list as a โjoke.โ
