Trump had used the term during a speech last year, leading to backlash. He said at the time that he wasn’t aware of the word’s antisemitic connotations.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Kansas, Trump said the reporting made Marshall, who is not Jewish, out to be “some kind of a shylock-type guy,” using a term widely recognized as offensive toward Jewish people.
You just gotta grab 'em by the slur, when you’re rich they let you do it.
You just gotta grab 'em by the slur, when you’re rich they let you do it.
Surprisingly literate for Trump. Unsurprisingly offensive. But at least he was only antisemitic and not critical of Israel’s policies.