'Body language of beaten man': Martina Navratilova calls out Donald Trump following failed peace talks with Vladimir Putin
Martina Navratilova, the tennis legend, spoke up on August 15, 2025, after the meeting between U.S. President
Donald Trump
and Russian President
Vladimir Putin
in Anchorage, Alaska, came without a peace deal.
The meeting, held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, ended in a standstill. Trump walked away from reporters with no answers, and Martina said his posture looked like someone who had lost.
She called him 'the body language of a beaten man.' This comment caught attention around the world.
Martina Navratilova calls Donald Trump 'a beaten man' after
Alaska summit
with Vladimir Putin
Martina Navratilova used a short, simple phrase to show what she thought. She wrote on X that the way Donald Trump walked away and avoided questions looked like a 'beaten man.'
She saw him leaving the reporters, not giving answers, and that made her say what she felt. This reaction came right after the failed meeting in Anchorage on August 15, where Trump and Vladimir Putin talked for about three hours but could not agree on stopping the war in Ukraine.
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin fail to reach a Ukraine peace deal in Anchorage meeting
On the same day and place, August 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, Donald Trump met face to face with Vladimir Putin.
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They talked for hours but did not sign a deal to pause the war in Ukraine.
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Vladimir Putin said there was an 'understanding,' but Donald Trump said plainly
, 'There's no deal until there's a deal.'
After their talk, Donald Trump backed away from pushing for a cease-fire and seemed to support Russia's idea of a broader peace plan first.
European leaders reacted fast. They welcomed Trump's attempt to talk, but said that Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
must take part in any real talks. They stressed that Ukraine's land should not be decided without Ukraine being there. A Reuters source says Trump told Zelenskyy that Putin wants to freeze the current lines if Ukraine cedes Donetsk. Zelenskyy strongly said no.
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