Martina Navratilova under fire for calling Trump 'insane,' and 'serial criminal after Venezuela strikes

Women's tennis fable Martina Navratilova garnered scrutiny for continued comments astir the caller U.S. subject cognition to seizure Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and its aftermath. 

After expressing enactment for transgression sanctions against U.S. lipid companies that effort to instrumentality lipid from Venezuela and suggesting the 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 notation this is wholly illegal," Navratilova wrote connected X successful effect to a clip of Trump telling Fox News, "This unthinkable happening past night... We person to bash it again. We tin bash it again, too. Nobody tin halt us." 

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Navratilova aboriginal responded to the clip again, writing, "He wants to beryllium the king of the WORLD!"

In different post, Navratilova doubled down connected her claims that Trump is committing transgression acts with the Venezuela intervention. 

"Peace president my a--! Trump is breaking much laws than each the erstwhile presidents combined. A serial transgression connected truthful galore antithetic fronts!" Navratilova wrote successful a effect to a New York Times editorial. 

The tennis legend's comments drew mixed responses connected societal media, with galore criticims.

"Please spell backmost to playing and talking astir games. You person nary credibility arsenic a governmental pundit. Sit down," 1 X idiosyncratic wrote. 

One idiosyncratic wrote, "You request to instrumentality to tennis arsenic you person nary hint astir politics." 

Another idiosyncratic joked that Navratilova has Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS).

"TDS is beardown with you. Stick to talking astir hitting a furry shot with a instrumentality net," the idiosyncratic wrote. 

One idiosyncratic rebuffed Navratilova's assertion that Trump's strikes were illegal, and pointed to the tennis star's inheritance of leaving the erstwhile Czechoslavakia to flight a totalitarian communist government. 

"Not it’s not lol," the idiosyncratic wrote referencing Navratilova's ‘illegal’ claim. "It’s a shame y’all hatred Trump much than you emotion your chap man. Again wherefore did you permission your country?"

Navratilova has said she near her homeland successful 1975, citing her acquisition up nether Soviet rule, resenting the limitations connected idiosyncratic liberties. 

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Many Venezuelans person celebrated the U.S. seizure of Maduro, who had besides constricted idiosyncratic liberties during his rule, arsenic humanitarian concerns grew among the nation's people. He is besides regarded by the U.S. and overmuch of the satellite arsenic an illegitimate person owed to suspicions astir the mode the 2024 predetermination was carried out.

However, Navratilova has alternatively compared Trump to her location country's authoritarian regularisation successful the past, arsenic seen successful the tennis legend's pinned station connected X.

"I lived successful a totalitarian authoritarian state increasing up and I volition not ballot for that present oregon ever," she wrote successful October 2024, referencing Trump. 

Still, Navratilova has supported Trump's stance connected astatine slightest 1 large contented of protecting women's sports and spaces from biologic males, which has earned her praise and enactment from conservatives. Navratilova is considered an state of blimpish influencer Riley Gaines, XX-XY Athletics laminitis Jennifer Sey, and has travel to the defence of "Harry Potter" writer J.K. Rowling implicit the contented of biologic antheral transgender radical invading women's spaces. 

Navratilova has besides joined a coalition, alongside Gaines, of athletes, signing a missive condemning the Iranian authorities for its decease condemnation of boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, successful November.

Still, Navratilova has regularly expressed staunch absorption to Trump and Republicans successful caller years connected seemingly each different issue, including Venezuela. 

On Saturday, Navratilova praised a station connected X suggesting the sanctions, penning "love it" successful effect to writer Lauren Windsor's station that read, "Any American lipid institution that expropriates lipid from Venezuela should beryllium sanctioned by the International Criminal Court."

She aboriginal wrote, "Holding a state hostage portion pillaging its earthy resources. Next stop- either Greenland oregon Nigeria," successful effect to a thread that included a study astir Wall Street steadfast officials successful the finance, vigor and defence sectors visiting Venezuela aft the 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 the U.S.

While respective legislature Democrats person travel retired successful unit to condemn the cognition to seizure Maduro and his wife, immoderate different Democrats person breached from the battalion to applaud the 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 the state pursuing the overnight U.S. subject operation.

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In Miami, Venezuelans danced and cheered, with 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 implicit their shoulders.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to Navratilova's speaking engagement inbox for a effect to the societal media criticisms against her. 

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