‘Immediately Run Over…’ – When Donald Trump Thanked Martina Navratilova for Promoting His New York Building

Recently, former Czechoslovakian-American tennis player Martina Navratilova has become quite vocal about a lot of political matters on social media. In the past, she expressed her desire to get into politics and do public service quite often. 

On social media, especially on Twitter, we saw her criticizing former American President Donald Trump on numerous occasions. However, during her playing days, she expressed her desire to buy an apartment at the Trump Tower in New York.

Donald Trump talked about Martina Navratilova buying an apartment at the Trump Tower

In an interview with GQ in 1984, Trump talked about the NFL, projects in New York, and many other things. During this interview, he revealed one interesting story about watching Martina Navratilova at the US Open. He said, “I was watching the U.S. Open on television when Martina Navratilova won… She moved to the microphone, put down her trophy, and said something to the effect of, ‘I thank you for the check. Now I’m going to buy an apartment at Trump Plaza in New York.’ Now this is in a stadium filled with 20,000 people, on national television, international television, probably world television, and she said, ‘I’m going to take this check and immediately run over and buy an apartment at Trump Plaza.'”

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Over the years, Navratilova’s opinion about Trump has certainly changed, as she criticized him often during and after his time as the US President. In a tweet, she once wrote, “Donald Trump’s Shocking Success, -wow. Now what? Am speechless.”

Notably, Navratilova often takes digs at Trump supporters for their various activities.

Navratilova’s incredible records

One of the greatest serve and volley players ever, Navratilova, only won three Grand Slam titles before turning 25. However, after that, she became almost unbeatable on the tour. In her career, she won 59 Major titles, with 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 doubles titles, and 10 mixed doubles titles.

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Apart from that, she won the highest number of matches (2189) in the sport’s history, and no player has come close to breaking that record. Apart from her Grand Slam titles, she also won 167 singles and 177 doubles tournaments on the tour. 12-time Grand Slam champion, Billie Jean King once described her as the greatest all-format player of all time.