Trump was asked Friday about his use of the term “Shylock” during his campaign rally in Iowa, when the president said about his domestic policy bill, “Think of that: no death tax, no estate tax, no going to the banks and borrowings from in some cases a fine banker. And in some cases, Shylocks and bad people.”

President Donald Trump says he didn't know the term "shylock" is considered antisemitic when he used it in a speech to describe unscrupulous moneylenders.

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.