Trump photo obscuring women's tennis team sparks backlash.
‘Worth a thousand words’: Trump photo obscuring women’s tennis team sparks backlash
Georgia players celebrated championship at White House
President shakes hands of men, not women in video
Former tennis star Navratilova leads criticism
Guardian sport
Thu 23 Apr 2026 09.57 EDT
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A White House photo celebrating a champion women’s sports team has drawn backlash due to the positioning of Donald Trump and a group of men, who overshadowed the female athletes by lining up in front of them.
The University of Georgia women’s tennis team was one of several collegiate teams to visit the White House on Tuesday to mark a recent NCAA championship win. In a photo shared by press aide Margo Martin, Donald Trump and five Georgia staffers and coaches took up the front row of a stage setup, with 11 women standing in the background on a riser.
The men standing alongside Trump were, from left to right: Georgia deputy athletic director Ford Williams, athletic director Josh Brooks, head coach Drake Bernstein, associate head coach Jarryd Chaplin and assistant coach Will Reynolds.
“A photo is worth a thousand words …” former tennis star Martina Navratilova wrote on X.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/apr/23/trump-photo-georgia-tennis-white-house-women
Go to the link and get a load of the photo. It will turn your stomach.
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The University of Georgia women's tennis team posing with Donald Trump and administration officials. Margo Martin on X (@MargoMartin47)
One woman had to bend down to not have her head covered in the photo -
that had to be a photographer's ask, as they would be the only one who framed the picture -
those men knew that they were doing this
I was once told as member of a trade show booth team "No one is going to kick you there".
You'd think they all would be more sensitive about how this looks. But what can we expect from sociopaths like trump and the people around him?
