India, July 4 -- A comment made by President Donald Trump at the America250 rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday sparked outrage on social media, with users accusing the POTUS of anti-Semitism. Trump used the word 'Shylock' - the name of a Jewish character from William Shakespeare's 'Merchant Of Venice,' in a way that many felt was anti-Semitic.

"No estate tax, no going through the banks and borrowing from-in some cases a fine banker- and in some cases a shylocks and bad people," Trump said.

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