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Trump claimed he was unaware that the term he used in a speech is considered antisemitic.

    Trump said he didn't know an offensive term he used in a speech is considered antisemitic
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    WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump mentioned that he was unaware that the term “shylock” is seen as antisemitic when he used it to refer to devious moneylenders in a speech.

    On Friday, after returning from a gathering in Iowa, Trump informed reporters that he had “never heard it that way” and was unaware that the term was considered an offensive stereotype against Jews.

    Shylock refers to the villainous Jewish moneylender in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” who demands a pound of flesh from a debtor.

    The Anti-Defamation League, an organization focused on fighting antisemitism, declared that the term “invokes an age-old antisemitic stereotype about Jews and greed, which is highly offensive and hazardous. President Trump’s usage of this term is very concerning and careless.”

    Democrat Joe Biden, while vice president, said in 2014 that he had made a “poor choice” of words a day after he used the term in remarks to a legal aid group.

    Trump’s administration has made cracking down on antisemitism a priority. His administration said it is screening for antisemitic activity when granting immigration benefits and its fight with Harvard University has centered on allegations from the White House that the school has tolerated antisemitism.

    But the Republican president has also had a history of playing on stereotypes about Jewish people.

    He told the Republican Jewish Coalition in 2015 that “you want to control your politicians” and suggested the audience used money to exert control.

    Before he kicked off his 2024 presidential campaign, Trump drew widespread criticism for dining at his Florida club with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist.

    Last year, Trump made repeated comments accusing Jewish Americans who identify as Democrats of disloyalty because of the Democratic leaders’ criticisms of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Critics said it perpetuated an antisemitic trope about Jews having divided loyalties and there being only one right way to be Jewish.

    On Thursday night in his speech in Iowa, Trump used the term while talking about his signature legislation that was passed by Congress earlier in the day.

    “No death tax, no estate tax, no going to the banks and borrowing some from, in some cases, a fine banker and in some cases shylocks and bad people,” he said.

    When a reporter later asked about the word’s antisemitic association and his intent, Trump said; “No, I’ve never heard it that way. To me, a shylock is somebody that’s a money lender at high rates. I’ve never heard it that way. You view it differently than me. I’ve never heard that.”

    The Anti-Defamation League said Trump’s use of the word “underscores how lies and conspiracies about Jews remain deeply entrenched in our country. Words from our leaders matter and we expect more from the President of the United States.”

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