Trump used shylocks as a pejorative for lenders in Iowa
Discussing estate taxes and family farm borrowing, Trump contrasted good bankers with lenders he called shylocks and bad people. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)] [Anti-Defamation League]
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Discussing estate taxes and family farm borrowing, Trump contrasted good bankers with lenders he called shylocks and bad people. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)]
ADL identifies Shylock as a literary example within the historical stereotype portraying Jews as unscrupulous and money-hungry. [Anti-Defamation League]
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The remark was part of an Iowa State Fairgrounds speech. This record concerns the July 3 use, not Trump's separately dated response to a reporter about its meaning. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)] [Anti-Defamation League]
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demeaning-language · racial-or-ethnic
Trump used the term as a lender pejorative. ADL’s inspected historical explanation supplies the antisemitic-association rationale; this does not establish his awareness or intent. [The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)] [Anti-Defamation League]
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- Official presidential transcript · The American Presidency Project (official presidential transcript)Remarks in Des Moines, Iowa
Estate-tax discussion, paragraph beginning 'Now, that's if you love your children'; web text lines 54–57
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-des-moines-iowa-9 - Authoritative antisemitism history and interpretation · Anti-Defamation LeagueAntisemitism Uncovered: Myth – Jews Are Greedy
Know It: paragraphs on medieval moneylending restrictions and literary depictions, especially paragraph identifying Shylock as the greedy Jewish moneylender in The Merchant of Venice
https://antisemitism.adl.org/greed/
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