Overview

• Time’s latest cover, headlined “His Triumph,” credits the first phase of President Trump’s peace plan with freeing Israeli hostages alongside a Palestinian prisoner release.
• Trump posted on Truth Social that the image was “the worst photo of all time,” saying it made his hair disappear, created a tiny “floating crown,” and used an unflattering low angle.
• The portrait shows Trump from below with sunlight producing a halo effect on his hair, and the credits identify freelance photojournalist Graeme Sloan, with Bloomberg and Getty references.
• Reports note the picture choice drew more social-media attention than the accompanying coverage of the diplomacy itself.
• The agreement followed a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh co-led by the United States, Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt, and President Joe Biden publicly praised the outcome.