Martina Navratilova calls Donald Trump 'stupid' and 'delusional' after President’s shocking ‘depression’ claim about tariffs

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova reacted to US President Donald Trump's latest revelation regarding imposing tariffs on different countries during his controversial second term at the Oval Office.

As Trump's tariff decision hangs in the balance over a Supreme Court ruling, the president recently did an interview with Fox News, where he revealed that had he not considered making this move, the world would face significant economic challenges.

"If I didn't have tariffs, the entire world would be in a depression... I did this for the world," he said.

Following these comments, The Atlantic's writer James Surowiecki took to X and claimed that Trump was far from reality.

"All else aside, it's just weird that the most powerful country in the world has a president who is completely disconnected from reality," he wrote on X.

Martina Navratilova echoed these sentiments as she finds Trump delusional:

"Omg… I just can’t decide if he is this stupid or this delusional…"

Trump's administration cited the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) of 1977 to justify imposing tariffs and "reciprocal tariffs" on many trading partners. Lower federal courts have already ruled against Trump and the case is now in the Supreme Court, which needs to decide whether IEEPA, in fact, authorizes the president to impose tariffs.

Martina Navratilova emerges as a vocal critic of Donald Trump

Ever since Donald Trump was re-elected to the Oval Office for the second time, Martina Navratilova has called out the US President for his controversial policies and executive orders, impacting the lives of millions of people in America.

In June, during an interview with the BBC, Navratilova said that if she had an option like in 1975 when she migrated, she wouldn't like to live in America today. It was an indirect hit at Trump, whom she has previously claimed to be "against all things trans."

Navratilova has also criticized Trump's decision to sweep out undocumented immigrants from the West Coast. She wrote:

"Exactly what Trump is doing, provoking, escalating, creating chaos … until he declares a national emergency, martial law and cancels elections."

Navratilova has also alleged that Donald Trump was friends with Jeremey Epstein, a known child-sex offender. She has repeatedly used social media, urging the president to reveal what's inside the Epstein files.

Edited by Krutik Jain