Trump uses antisemitic term ‘Shylock’ while defending Sen. Marshall’s lawsuits against his patients over medical bills特朗普在为参议员马歇尔起诉其病人追讨医疗费一事辩护时，使用了反犹太主义词汇“夏洛克”。
President Donald Trump used an antisemitic term as he defended Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall against criticism over medical billing practices Monday, a slur he has used publicly at least once before.
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President Donald Trump used an antisemitic term as he defended Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall against criticism over medical billing practices Monday, a slur he has used publicly at least once before.
Trump invoked the term “Shylock” while defending Marshall’s suing more than 700 patients for outstanding medical bills during his time as an obstetrician-gynecologist, as first reported by The New York Times .
“You’re not allowed not to do it. You have to, by law, go after those people, and they made it like, oh, he was some kind of a Shylock-type guy,” Trump said at a rally in Kansas. “If he didn’t make these requests, he would be breaking the law. He would have been breaking a very strong criminal law, and he would be subject to criminal arrest and liability.”
Trump has previously faced criticism for using the term. In July 2025 , he said it during a rally in Iowa. He later claimed he didn’t know the word was viewed by some as antisemitic.
Trump says he had ‘never heard’ Shylock as an anti-semitic term after using it at rally
“I’ve never heard it that way. To me, Shylock is somebody that’s a money lender at high rates,” Trump told reporters at the time. “I’ve never heard it that way, you view it differently than me. I’ve never heard that.”
The Anti-Defamation League last year condemned the use of the word by Trump, calling it “very troubling and irresponsible.”
“It underscores how lies and conspiracies about Jews remain deeply entrenched in our country. Words from our leaders matter and we expect more from the President of the United States,” the ADL wrote in a post at the time.
In 2014 , former President Joe Biden apologized for using the word.
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周一，唐纳德·特朗普总统在为堪萨斯州参议员罗杰·马歇尔辩护，反驳其医疗账单做法方面的批评时，使用了反犹太主义的词语。此前，他至少公开使用过一次这种侮辱性词语。
据《纽约时报》报道，特朗普在为马歇尔辩护时提到了“夏洛克”这个词。马歇尔在担任妇产科医生期间，起诉了 700 多名患者，追讨未付的医疗账单。
“你不能不这么做。根据法律，你必须追究这些人的责任，但他们却把他描绘成一个夏洛克式的人物，”特朗普在堪萨斯州的一次集会上说。“如果他不提出这些要求，他就违法了。他触犯了非常严厉的刑法，他将面临刑事逮捕和法律责任。”
特朗普此前曾因使用这个词而受到批评。2025年7月，他在爱荷华州的一次集会上说了这个词。他后来声称自己不知道这个词被一些人视为反犹太主义的言论。
特朗普在集会上使用“夏洛克”一词后称，他“从未听说过”该词带有反犹太主义色彩。
“我从没听过这种说法。在我看来，夏洛克就是个放高利贷的人，”特朗普当时告诉记者。“我从没听过这种说法，你的看法和我不一样。我从没听过这种说法。”
反诽谤联盟去年谴责特朗普使用这个词，称其“非常令人不安且不负责任”。
“这凸显了关于犹太人的谎言和阴谋论在我们国家仍然根深蒂固。领导人的言论至关重要，我们对美国总统的期望更高，”反诽谤联盟当时在一篇帖子中写道。
2014年，前总统乔·拜登为使用这个词道歉。