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Women's tennis fable Martina Navratilova garnered scrutiny for continued comments astir nan caller U.S. subject cognition to seizure Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and its aftermath.
After expressing support for criminal sanctions against U.S. lipid companies that effort to return lipid from Venezuela and suggesting nan caller U.S. involution was "pillaging" successful a bid of posts connected Saturday, Navratilova took purpose straight astatine President Donald Trump.
"He is perfectly insane. Not to mention this is wholly illegal," Navratilova wrote connected X successful consequence to a clip of Trump telling Fox News, "This unthinkable point past night... We person to do it again. We tin do it again, too. Nobody tin extremity us."
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Navratilova later responded to nan clip again, writing, "He wants to beryllium nan king of nan WORLD!"
In different post, Navratilova doubled down connected her claims that Trump is committing criminal acts pinch nan Venezuela intervention.
"Peace president my a--! Trump is breaking much laws than each nan erstwhile presidents combined. A serial criminal connected truthful galore different fronts!" Navratilova wrote successful a consequence to a New York Times editorial.
The tennis legend's comments drew mixed responses connected societal media, pinch galore criticims.
"Please spell backmost to playing and talking astir games. You person nary credibility arsenic a governmental pundit. Sit down," 1 X personification wrote.
One personification wrote, "You request to instrumentality to tennis arsenic you person nary hint astir politics."
Another personification joked that Navratilova has Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS).
"TDS is beardown pinch you. Stick to talking astir hitting a furry shot pinch a instrumentality net," nan personification wrote.
One personification rebuffed Navratilova's declare that Trump's strikes were illegal, and pointed to nan tennis star's inheritance of leaving nan erstwhile Czechoslavakia to flight a totalitarian communist government.
"Not it’s not lol," nan personification wrote referencing Navratilova's ‘illegal’ claim. "It’s a shame y’all dislike Trump much than you emotion your chap man. Again why did you time off your country?"
Navratilova has said she near her homeland successful 1975, citing her acquisition up nether Soviet rule, resenting nan limitations connected individual liberties.
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Many Venezuelans person celebrated nan U.S. seizure of Maduro, who had besides constricted individual liberties during his rule, arsenic humanitarian concerns grew among nan nation's people. He is besides regarded by nan U.S. and overmuch of nan world arsenic an illegitimate leader owed to suspicions astir nan measurement nan 2024 predetermination was carried out.
However, Navratilova has alternatively compared Trump to her location country's authoritarian norm successful nan past, arsenic seen successful nan tennis legend's pinned station connected X.
"I lived successful a totalitarian authoritarian state increasing up and I will not ballot for that now aliases ever," she wrote successful October 2024, referencing Trump.
Still, Navratilova has supported Trump's stance connected astatine slightest 1 large rumor of protecting women's sports and spaces from biologic males, which has earned her praise and support from conservatives. Navratilova is considered an state of blimpish influencer Riley Gaines, XX-XY Athletics laminitis Jennifer Sey, and has travel to nan defense of "Harry Potter" writer J.K. Rowling complete nan rumor of biologic antheral transgender group invading women's spaces.
Navratilova has besides joined a coalition, alongside Gaines, of athletes, signing a missive condemning nan Iranian regime for its decease condemnation of boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, successful November.
Still, Navratilova has regularly expressed staunch guidance to Trump and Republicans successful caller years connected seemingly each different issue, including Venezuela.
On Saturday, Navratilova praised a station connected X suggesting nan sanctions, penning "love it" successful consequence to journalist Lauren Windsor's station that read, "Any American lipid institution that expropriates lipid from Venezuela should beryllium sanctioned by nan International Criminal Court."
She later wrote, "Holding a state hostage while pillaging its earthy resources. Next stop- either Greenland aliases Nigeria," successful consequence to a thread that included a study astir Wall Street patient officials successful nan finance, power and defense sectors visiting Venezuela aft nan caller strikes.
Maduro, who was elected successful 2013 aft serving arsenic Hugo Chavez's vice president, is facing charges of narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of instrumentality guns and destructive devices, and conspiracy to person instrumentality guns and destructive devices against nan U.S.
While respective legislature Democrats person travel retired successful unit to condemn nan cognition to seizure Maduro and his wife, immoderate different Democrats person surgery from nan battalion to applaud nan action, including Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa.., and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.
Meanwhile, Venezuelans successful Miami, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Madrid, donned Venezuela’s nationalist colors and waved flags hours aft Trump announced that Maduro and his woman had been flown retired of nan state pursuing nan overnight U.S. subject operation.
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In Miami, Venezuelans danced and cheered, pinch celebrations besides taking spot extracurricular Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence successful Palm Beach, Fla. In Doral, Fla., revelers chanted "Liberty!" and draped Venezuelan flags complete their shoulders.
Fox News Digital has reached retired to Navratilova's speaking engagement inbox for a consequence to nan societal media criticisms against her.
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Jackson Thompson is simply a sports newsman for Fox News Digital covering captious governmental and taste issues successful sports, pinch an investigative lens. Jackson's reporting has been cited successful national authorities actions related to nan enforcement of Title IX, and successful bequest media outlets including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Associated Press and ESPN.com.
