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‘I’ve never heard that’: Trump denies knowingly using anti-Semitic term

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on July 4 [Alex Brandon/AP Photo]

United States President Donald Trump has professed ignorance about a term he used that is widely considered anti-Semitic, explaining that he did not know it had that meaning.

In the early morning hours of Friday, the Republican leader addressed the controversy around the term “Shylock”, which he used to describe unscrupulous bankers hours earlier.

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