US EditionTrump's 'Shylock' Comment Faces Sustained Condemnation Before Israel Meeting
- During a campaign event in Iowa on Thursday night, President Donald Trump used the term "Shylock" to refer to unscrupulous moneylenders.
- Trump claimed on Friday he was unaware the term 'Shylock' carries antisemitic connotations, despite the word being widely recognized as an antisemitic trope about Jewish greed.
- The Anti-Defamation League condemned Trump's usage as very troubling and irresponsible, stating the term evokes a centuries-old dangerous antisemitic stereotype, and Amy Spitalnick said his use was not accidental.
- Trump told reporters he had "never heard that" the term was offensive and defined it as someone who lends money at high rates, while critics including Rep. Daniel Goldman called the usage blatant antisemitism.
- The incident sparked renewed debate about antisemitism in political rhetoric, highlighting tensions amid Trump's ongoing administration efforts against antisemitism and his complex relationship with the Jewish community.
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Leave it to Democrats to conjure up accusations of antisemitism in their latest attack on President Donald J. Trump, the most pro-Israel U.S. leader in the history of both nations. Reeling from their crushing defeat on Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which passed Congress despite their dishonesty and dirty tricks, Democrats and their allies seized on a remark made by the president during a Thursday rally in Iowa as being antisemitic, a real knee-…
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