Trump criticised for using antisemitic term to describe money lenders
President Donald Trump has claimed he did not know the term “shylock ” is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous money lenders.
Mr Trump told reporters early on Friday after returning from an event in Iowa that he had “never heard it that way ” and “never heard that ” the term was considered an offensive stereotype about 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, which works to combat antisemitism, said in a statement that the term “evokes a centuries-old antisemitic trope about Jews and greed that is extremely offensive and Опасно. е приоритет. Неговата администрация съобщи, че е скрининг за антисемитска активност при даване на имиграционни компенсации и битката му с Харвардския университет е съсредоточена върху изказванията от Белия дом, че учебното заведение е понасяло антисемитизма. suggested the audience used...
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