Jewish advocacy groups slammed President Donald Trump for using an anti-Semitic descriptor on Thursday during his Iowa speech celebrating the passage of his spending bill. Trump used the term "Shylocks," which evokes a centuries-old antisemitic trope about Jewish people and greed, to talk about the tax changes in the bill.

President Donald Trump's speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds marks the kickoff of the yearlong celebration of America's 250th birthday.