"A psychopath" - Martina Navratilova slams Donald Trump for refusing to contact family of victim who died during his assassination attempt

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova expressed her discontent with Donald Trump over a controversy that emerged in the aftermath of an assassination attempt on the former US president. A lone gunman tried to take Trump's life after shooting at him during his election rally.

Former President Trump was addressing a raucous rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. During his speech, a gunman fired a shot at Trump from a distance in an attempt to assassinate him. The bullet grazed past Trump, piercing the upper part of his right ear and not causing any major injury to him. Unfortunately, the bullet ended up killing one spectator, who was later identified as firefighter Corey Comperatore.

The gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was shot and killed by Secret Service agents at the scene. After the incident, Helen, the wife of Corey Comperatore, revealed that Trump had not contacted the family to convey his condolences. She added that President Joe Biden had called her, but she refused to take the condolence call.

Donald Trump received a lot of flak for not consoling Helen Comperatore after a bullet intended for him ended up taking her husband's life. American tennis legend Martina Navratilova was among those who slammed the former president, calling him a "psychopath" and someone who lacked any ability to empathize.

"The empathy gene is totally missing in trump- which is what makes him a psychopath," Martina Navratilova wrote on social media platform X.

The 18-time Grand Slam champion also shared a viral tweet, which showed a picture of Trump playing golf on one side and with a bandage over his right ear at the Republic National Convention (RNC) on the other. The tweet alleges that Trump used the bandage as a prop.

"Lol," Navratilova tweeted.

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"Deserves nothing but utter contempt" – Martina Navratilova condemns Donald Trump for bad-mouthing President Biden and VP Harris

Martina Navratilova (Source: Getty)

Martina Navratilova has long been critical of Donald Trump and his behavior. She recently took X to condemn the 45th US president after a leaked video showed him using foul language while talking about President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after the first presidential debate on June 27.

In the video, Trump goes on a profanity-laced tirade, saying that he ended Biden's presidential campaign with his debate performance and he will now face VP Harris, who will not be able to stand up to China and Russia during adversities.

"How did I do with the debate the other night? That old broken down pile of crap. Yeah. It's a bad guy. He just quit, you know. He's quitting the race. Yep. I got him out of the race. And that means we have Kamala. I think she's going to be better. She's so bad. She's so pathetic. It's just so f*cking bad. I just can't imagine. But can you imagine that guy dealing with Putin and the president of China, who's a fierce person? He's a fierce man, a very tough guy. And they see him, they probably can't. But if they just announce he's probably quitting. He just keeps knocking them out, right?" Trump said in the video.

Martina Navratilova was livid with Trump's words and opined that he deserves nothing but "contempt" for his disrespectful conduct. She added that Trump only cares about himself and not the betterment of the USA.

"The utter disrespect from this guy deserves nothing but utter contempt for him- that right there shows you he doesn’t give a cr*p about America- it’s all about him," she tweeted.