Trump defends using the term “Shylock" at a rally, saying he didn’t know it was antisemitic. Critics, including the ADL and Rep. Nadler, condemned the remark as a dangerous slur.

President Donald Trump said early Friday that he wasn’t aware that some people view the word “Shylock” as antisemitic after using the term during a rally to decry amoral money lenders.

President Donald Trump said early Friday that he wasn’t aware that some people view the word “Shylock” as antisemitic after using the term during a rally to decry amoral money lenders.

WASHINGTON, July 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump drew criticism for using the antisemitic term "Shylock" to describe some bankers during remarks on his signature tax-cut and spending ...

President Trump on Friday denied knowing that the word "Shylock" is seen as an antisemitic slur after using it at a rally in Iowa while extolling the tax perks of his One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Trump says he didn’t know antisemitic history of ‘Shylock’ when he criticized bankers using the term “We expect more from the President of the United States,” the ADL said in a statement.

“Shylock is among the most quintessential antisemitic stereotypes,” she tweeted. New York Representative Daniel Goldman said it was “blatant and vile antisemitism, and Trump knows exactly ...

President Donald Trump said Friday he didn’t know the term “Shylock” was antisemitic, after he was slammed by groups including the Anti-Defamation League for using the word during a campaign ...

To me, Shylock is somebody that’s a money lender at high rates,” Trump told reporters after getting off Air Force One. “I’ve never heard it that way, you view it differently than me.

The contention that the US is in the driver’s seat with Israel the “cop on the beat” is an old and musty one from the 1990s that has not aged well.