Martina Navratilova fired back at an online troll who attacked her over her most recent criticism of the US President Donald Trump. The American tennis legend stated that she wouldn't have defected to the USA under President Trump.Navratilova, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1956, left her communist-driven country in 1975 and earned U.S. citizenship in 1981. Notably, only 53 of her record 55 Grand Slam titles came while representing the US.After her retirement, the 18-time singles major winner became a democrat and is a long-term critic of Donald Trump and his policies. Relaunching her attack on the Trump administration's immigration policies in a recent interview with the "Home of the Brave" on December 11, Martina Navratilova claimed that she wouldn't have defected to the USA today under Donald Trump.Navratilova's remarks drew criticism on social media. One X user, @Emilio2763, with over 178k followers, took a dig at her sporting career, writing:"Imagine Thinking Anyone Gives a Shit What Martina Navratilova Thinks About Politics cause She Played a Child’s Game 50 years Ago?!…"Navratilova replied to the above comment, writing:"lol… aren’t you sweet? Imagine me giving a s*it what you think? And clearly you never played tennis…"In her latest interview, the record nine-time Wimbledon winner claimed that the American people were living in fear under Trump's leadership, and compared it to Czechoslovakia's "totalitarian regime."“I defected from a totalitarian regime, and like hell am I going to be cowed again, and have to be careful about what I say," Navratilova said. "I grew up in a Communist country, Czechoslovakia. So I know what it looks like and feels like to live in a totalitarian regime where you cannot speak your mind, or worse, put in prison for political opinions. I’m so proud to be an American, but I’m embarrassed for what Trump is doing to our country."Meanwhile, earlier this month, Martina Navratilova expressed her disbelief at Donald Trump after The Wall Street Journal's report on the US-Russia deal was made public.Martina Navratilova hit out at President Donald Trump's immigration policyDuring his second term in office, President Donald Trump revisited the US policy regarding migrants. He also witnessed a nationwide protest after carrying out immigration raids using force. Trump's policy drew strong criticism from Martina Navratilova, who accused the 47th US President of turning the country into a "totalitarian state."Speaking in an interview with the BBC in June 2025, the 69-year-old tennis icon said that she wouldn't have moved to the USA today."If I were now still in that same position [as in 1975] and I had to go live somewhere, it would not be America, because it's not a democracy at the moment," Navratilova said.Martina Navratilova has also raised her concerns over Donald Trump's new tariff deals, but agrees with the latter's stance on the transgender athletes' participation in women's sport.