Trump criticised for using antisemitic term to describe money lenders

President Donald Trump used the term ‘shylock’ (Alex Brandon/PA)

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.