Martina Navratilova does not buy the idea that Donald Trump is in the dark about his own money.
In a post on X on Sunday, the tennis great accused the US President of lying about the near-$3 billion rise in his fortune since January 2025, telling her followers he knew the figure to the dollar.
“Trump is lying through his teeth,” Navratilova wrote. “He made all those trades and knows exactly how much he made the last two years. Our tax money is his piggy bank.”
The 60 Minutes exchange
The post landed hours after CBS News aired Trump’s interview with journalist Ross Douthat. Douthat raised a Forbes story estimating that the President’s net worth had jumped by about $3 billion since the start of his second term and asked why he had not simply divested.
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Trump cut in before Douthat could finish the question. “Well, so did everyone,” he said, suggesting the rise mirrored the wider market. When Douthat replied that his own net worth had not climbed by $3 billion, Trump shot back: “You should’ve had stock.”
Pressed further, Trump told Douthat he paid little attention to his finances, that his son Eric ran the Trump Organization, and that broad index-fund exposure through Wall Street firms had carried him along with the market.
Forbes editor: ‘nonsense’
Forbes senior editor Dan Alexander, whose team tracks the President’s finances, publicly rejected the idea that Trump was a passive investor swept up by the stock market. In a detailed thread on X, Alexander traced the bulk of the gain to three sources: the public market debut of Trump Media in March 2024, worth roughly $1.88 billion on paper, the World Liberty Financial crypto venture, which added about $1.425 billion in liquidity, and more than $107 million a year in overseas licensing fees.
Alexander called Trump’s framing “nonsense”.
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Navratilova and the political fight
Navratilova, 70, has spent years using her platform to take on the current administration. The Czech-born American, who turned pro in 1975 and finished her career with 18 Grand Slam singles titles, is one of the few retired sports figures of her stature to regularly engage directly with the President on X, often several times a day.
Her post on Sunday was not a one-line jab. It attached the $3 billion number to a specific accusation, that the wealth came from active deal-making rather than drift, and framed it as a question about public money rather than personal fortune.
Trump has not responded publicly to Navratilova.
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