Martina Navratilova calls Trump 'psychopath' for Iran strikes but says Khamenei’s death is ‘good news’

Women's tennis fable Martina Navratilova weighed successful connected the U.S-Israeli strikes against Iran Saturday. 

Navratilova, a predominant professional of President Donald Trump, labeled him a "psychopath" for the determination to onslaught Iran successful a station connected X. 

"OMG… Trump is simply a psychopath- helium wholly doesn’t springiness a damn however galore radical helium is personally liable for killing," Navratilova wrote successful effect to a station by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green criticizing Trump for the strike. 

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Navratilova besides expressed enactment for the sidesplitting of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei successful a aboriginal post.

"That would beryllium bully news," she wrote successful effect to an earlier quality study that Khamenei mightiness beryllium dead. 

Khamenei was confirmed dormant connected Saturday aft an Israeli onslaught successful Tehran aft his compound was reduced to rubble. Khamenei ruled the Islamic Republic for much than 3 decades and oversaw an epoch of harsh interior repression and confrontation with the United States and Israel. 

Navratilova antecedently joined a conjugation  of athletes, on with Riley Gaines, signing a missive successful November condemning the Iranian authorities for its decease condemnation of boxing champion Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani.

Still, Navratilova levied akin disapproval against Trump aft the subject onslaught connected Venezuela and the seizure of Nicolás Maduro successful January. 

"He is perfectly insane. Not to notation this is wholly illegal," Navratilova wrote connected Jan. 4 of Trump aft the Venezuelan strike. "Peace president my a--! Trump is breaking much laws than each the erstwhile presidents combined. A serial transgression connected truthful galore antithetic fronts!"

Navratilova has cited her inheritance arsenic a exile who fled the erstwhile Czechoslovakia to flight a totalitarian communist authorities successful her criticisms of Trump. Navratilova has said she near her homeland successful 1975, citing her acquisition nether Soviet rule, resenting the limitations connected idiosyncratic liberties.

Navratilova has compared Trump to her location country's authoritarian regularisation successful the past, including 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. 

Saturday's strikes connected Iran prompted a increasing bipartisan propulsion successful Congress to rein successful Trump's warfare powers, with lawmakers successful some parties demanding votes connected resolutions aimed astatine limiting his authorization to usage subject unit successful the region.

Members successful some chambers had already planned to unit votes earlier the archetypal bombs fell Saturday. Now, they are doubling down connected calls to restrict the president’s subject authority.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., has repeatedly forced votes to curb Trump’s warfare powers abroad, and helium was astir palmy successful halting further subject enactment successful Venezuela until Republicans blocked the effort earlier this year.

In the House, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are preparing their ain warfare powers solution for a vote.

Massie said successful a station connected X helium opposed "this war. This is not ‘America First.’"

Trump has called for the radical of Iran to "take control" of the country's government. 

"This is the azygous top accidental for the Iranian radical to instrumentality backmost their Country," the president wrote. "We are proceeding that galore of their IRGC, Military, and different Security and Police Forces, nary longer privation to fight, and are looking for Immunity from us. As I said past night, 'Now they tin person Immunity, aboriginal they lone get Death!'"

Trump said helium hopes the IRGC and constabulary volition "peacefully merge" with Iranian patriots to stabilize the country.

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"That process should soon beryllium starting successful that, not lone the decease of Khamenei but the Country has been, successful lone 1 day, precise overmuch destroyed and, even, obliterated," helium wrote. "The dense and pinpoint bombing, however, volition continue, uninterrupted passim the week or, arsenic agelong arsenic indispensable to execute our nonsubjective of PEACE THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE EAST AND, INDEED, THE WORLD!"

Fox News' Efrat Lachter, Ruth Marks Eglash, Alex Miller and Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.  

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