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‘Still Lives in White House?’- Martina Navratilova Takes a Swipe at Donald Trump After His ‘Kissed My A**’ Comment on Mark Zuckerberg

Published 09/04/2022, 1:40 PM EDT

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Martina Navratilova is bold and audacious. She does not speak with a filter especially when it comes to a political point of view; she is direct and sometimes subtly conveys her message. The player took to her Twitter to take a cryptic dig at the former president of the USA, Donald Trump.

He was mentioning Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg and talked about the White House. She did not miss the moment to point out the obvious and shared her views on Twitter.

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Navratilova takes a dig at former US president Donald Trump

The 18-time grand slam champion has not done it for the first time. She expresses her discontent towards the former president pretty evidently. On Twitter too, she took a dig at a video where Trump was talking about Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

He called him a weirdo and said, “Last week weirdo. He is a weirdo. Mark Zuckerberg came to the White House, kissed my a**.” Trump mimicked him and said, “Sure, I would love to have dinner, I’d love to bring my lovely wife. Alright Mark, come on in. Sir, you are number 1 one on Facebook, I’d like to congratulate you. Thank you very much, Mark, I appreciate it.”

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Navratilova did not miss the opportunity to point out his error and tweeted a comment. She stated, “#TFG still lives in the White House? Who knew?!?”

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‘TFG’ refers to ‘The Former Guy’. Navratilova previously too had visibly spoken against him. Once during Wimbledon, she had worn a cap with, ‘IMPEACH’ on it.

Martina Navratilova uses Twitter to voice her opinion

Navratilova has always spoken unapologetically about the things she stands for. Other than that, she raises her voice for women’s rights, and during her career too; she played an important role in bringing more equality to the sport.

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Shivali Sharma is a tennis author at EssentiallySports. She has pursued her Master's in history from Himachal University, but her love for the game has driven her to write about tennis. Shivali is a huge fan of Naomi Osaka and admires Osaka not only for her on-court performances, but also for her off-court actions.
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