“I wouldn’t go home to Trump America”

Fifty years ago, Martina Navratilova let him know everything he knew in the Communist of Czechoslovakia to start a new life in the US.

He then became a 18-year-old high school student, one of the most defectors of the hot war and would become one of the most iconic tennis players.

But when talking to BBC’s Amol Rajan, he said “he wouldn’t let me” fear me.

“I’m not faithful (US president) Donald Trump,” he said, said it has become a “totalitarian” situation.

Since the President Trump took in January, its administration has makes immigration attacksspark Protests in the country. He also presented the travel ban 12 countries citizensand reports have been made Tourists were arrested on the border.

“If I was still in the same position (1975) I had to go somewhere, it wouldn’t be America, because for now does not democracy,” he explains.

When he talks about us, the frustration of Navratilova is palpable. People don’t notice what it means is the situation that is gradually bending.

It adds the US, “turns against migrants.”

“I mean, because people are laughing at the safety of the homeland. Because Donald Trump’s agenda is not fully included, because they kiss the ring,” he explained.

In 1975 this decision to be mistakes to the US was not easy, he said. A “idyllic” childhood is growing at Revice, with a loving family who was leaving behind today. “I never knew when I would see my parents again, or if I saw it.”

But the course of Navratilova’s life has changed so much. When he left Czechoslovakia he said the press conference because he wanted to become a world number in tennis, and did not “be home”.

In fact, it became a number, both in 332 women, and the double female weeks to register. It is now very popular that it is one of the largest tennisons in the world.

Navratilova is the US and Czech citizen, and still lives in the USA with his wife, Julia Lemigova model. Does he worry that in the current political climate, could he miss his citizenship?

“Everything is in the air right now, and that’s the whole point. Everyone walks on egg pages without knowing what will happen.”

However, the topic he said earlier is very divisive that Trump is in line with the president – participation in women’s sports.

Navratilova is a company that is incorrect to the entering women of the women’s tennis. “

The current tennis association (WTA) does not agree, transgender women can participate in women’s games.

It says that women have biological advantages in women’s sports – the belief that is discussed.

“It doesn’t have to be ostracism,” he says, but men have to play in men’s sports. Yet without competing. There is no ban in sport. That is, it is a male category. ”

“Along with women’s championship men now, someone does not enter the tournament – the woman doesn’t enter the championship, because a man took her place.”

Last year in December, Britain Gravian Tennis Association changed his rulesIt means that transsexual women can no longer play in women’s home tennis tournaments.

In April, the UK Supreme Court decided that a woman’s legal definition is based on biological sex. The tennis asked whether to follow the Court of the United Kingdom, he said: “100%”

“We should have a little more time for” trans vile people “, Navratilova replied:” It’s very sympathetic, but they still don’t give women’s sexual spaces. “

Navratilova has opened the struggles with cancer in the last 15 years.

In 2010, he was first diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 52. Then 13 years later, he returned – in his throat with a completely unrelated cancer.

“The way I found it, so I went,” said Nafratilova, embarrassing something on the sides of the face. “And I’m like me,” Oh, this lymph node is a little bigger. “And a couple of weeks later, it’s still bigger.”

After scanning, doctors caught the second cancer chest.

“We’ve got results, and it’s cancer,” he explains. “And I’m like me,” my God, I’ll die. “

Although treatment was “hell”, now “it feels good”.

“Wood, all clean, and side effects are not at all, red wine does not taste well, so I went to Tequila and vodka,” he laughs. ” “I’m lucky. The healer was hell, but the following has been great.”

Has Navratilova have had cancer changed?

“He taught cancer every day, however, I was quite,” he explained. “But most of the time, the little things don’t sweat. It’s configmable.”

Amol Rajan Interviews: Martina Navratilova is on BBC 2 on June 18 at 19:00 and In the BBC IPPlayer.