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- Donald Trump bizarrely liked a tweet about Rihanna being a "work/life balance queen" on Tuesday night.
- The tweet, from writer Heben Nigatu, said: "Every new Rihanna interview makes me grow stronger. We stan a work/life balance queen!!!"
- Nigatu had screenshotted a quote from a Q&A with Rihanna published in Interview magazine. In it Rihanna said: "You need to make time for yourself, because your mental health depends on it."
- It is only the eight time Trump has given out a like from his @realDonaldTrump personal account, and the first time in almost two years he has done so.
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Donald Trump on Tuesday liked a tweet calling pop star Rihanna a "work/life balance queen," after she gave an interview saying that a healthy work life balance is the key to happiness, the first time he has liked a message on the platform in almost two years.
According to the Twitter bot Trump Alerts, a lengthy statement from Rihanna about mental health, tweeted by writer Heben Nigatu on Tuesday, seemed to strike a chord with the US president.
Nigatu wrote: "Every new Rihanna interview makes me grow stronger. We stan a work/life balance queen!!!"
She also attached a screenshot from a Q&A with Rihanna published on Monday by Interview magazine.
Trump liked the tweet at at 9:40 p.m. ET.
In the extract from the interview, Rihanna told the magazine: "You need to make time for yourself, because your mental health depends on it."
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"If you’re not happy, you’re not going to be happy even doing things that you love doing."
Trump is known for his frequent tweeting and retweeting, but rarely likes Twitter posts.
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He last liked a tweet using his @realDonaldTrump account 648 days ago, when he liked a tweet saying "please, after several typo’s, he’s just not Presidential material."
He has also liked a tweet saying: "You’ve hurt the GOP as much as anybody," as well as one which shared an article titled "Donald Trump issues statement on Ted Cruz birth certificate."
On his official @POTUS account, he has liked over 100 posts, mainly tweets from his own personal account.
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Source: Business Insider – feedback@businessinsider.com (Bill Bostock)