The American current affairs weekly magazine Time has ultimately replaced the cover photo of U.S. President Donald Trump. President Trump had previously expressed dissatisfaction with the former cover photo, calling it "the worst ever."

The American current affairs weekly magazine Time changed the photo of U.S. President Donald Trump, who was selected as the cover model. Time's official social media account.

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On the 23rd (local time), the British daily The Telegraph reported, "Time has unveiled a new cover photo of President Trump that will appear in the upcoming issue dated November 10."

The released cover shows President Trump seated in the Oval Office, wearing a red tie, resting his elbows on the desk, and gazing directly at the camera.

Previously, President Trump had publicly voiced his displeasure with the earlier Time cover photo. That cover featured President Trump standing under sunlight. While this composition is often used to emphasize a subject, the sunlight made part of his white hair less visible and accentuated the wrinkles on his neck.

A Time cover photo showing President Trump expressing dissatisfaction. Official Time social media account.

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On the 14th, through the social media platform Truth Social, President Trump stated, "Time wrote a relatively good article about me, but the photo is probably the worst ever. My hair disappeared, and something that looks like a crown was floating above my head, but it was very small. So strange." He added, "Worst ever so far."

The newly released cover photo was taken by a different photographer than before. The Telegraph assessed, "Time has published a more favorable photo of Trump."