President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpTrump says he doesn't think he could've done more to stop virus spread Conservative activist Lauren Witzke wins GOP Senate primary in Delaware Trump defends claim coronavirus will disappear, citing 'herd mentality' MORE on Monday criticized a photo of himself used by CNN for the cover of its book about the 2016 election.

Trump tweeted that CNN "just released a book called 'Unprecedented' which explores the 2016 race & victory. Hope it does well but used worst cover photo of me!”

@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 J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 2, 2017

Trump and CNN both tweeted Monday afternoon about the book, which was released last month.

Get the 2017 inaugural edition of CNN's book "Unprecedented" in stores or online https://t.co/3ix857A9E5 pic.twitter.com/m23kFq7Y49 — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 2, 2017

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CNN "Reliable Sources" host Brian Stelter later suggested that his on-air comments may have sparked tweets from Trump, who also wrote that pundits who claim he thought he would lose the election are wrong.

12:55pm: I was on @CNN talking about the "Unprecedented" book and Trump's doubts he would win. Then he tweets about both. Coincidences? pic.twitter.com/hvhokeTuuZ — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 2, 2017

Stelter said on CNN earlier Monday that Trump would not allow photographers “behind the scenes” on election night.

“There’s actually no photos for history except what people took on their iPhones,” he said.

“Maybe that’s because Trump wasn’t expecting to win on election night,” he added.

Here's what I said on @CNN about the "Unprecedented" book and the portrait of @realDonaldTrump on the new edition https://t.co/8TE6Icr3lB — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 2, 2017

Trump has drawn attention to other publications about himself in the past with criticism of the product.

In August, Trump told his Twitter followers not to purchase a book about him from The Washington Post, calling it “a hit job.”

Updated: 4:25 p.m.