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"@CNN just released a book called Unprecedented which explores the 2016 race & victory. Hope it does well but used worst cover photo of me!" Donald Trump tweeted Monday. | Getty Trump's CNN book cover was shot after tense meeting with TV execs

A new edition of CNN's book about the election, timed for Inauguration Day, features a brand new cover portrait of President-elect Trump, shot specifically for the book by veteran presidential photographer David Hume Kennerly.

Trump, apparently, was not a fan of the photo choice, tweeting on Monday: "@CNN just released a book called Unprecedented which explores the 2016 race & victory. Hope it does well but used worst cover photo of me!"

The cover for the initial run of the book, which was published shortly after the election, featured a collage of photos including a smaller picture of Trump, taken during the campaign.

As it happens, the new portrait was taken on Nov. 21, just a couple of weeks after Trump's election night victory, according to sources. It was also taken minutes after Trump tore into TV news executives, including CNN president Jeff Zucker, in a high-profile meeting at Trump Tower that same day.

As POLITICO reported at the time, Trump called out Zucker and NBC News president Deborah Turness in the meeting, saying their reporters were "liars" and "dishonest." After the meeting, Trump returned to his office, where Kennerly shot the new cover photo for CNN.

A CNN source told POLITICO that the channel reached out to both the Clinton and Trump camps before the election, and that Trump's photo session was not given the green light until after he won. The timing of the shoot, right after his tense meeting with TV news anchors and executives, was a coincidence.

Clinton, apparently, agreed to a photo shoot some time before the election. It is not clear whether CNN will use the portrait from that shoot.