WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday kicked a CNN reporter outof the Oval Office for quizzing him over the recent ‘sh**hole countries’controversy.

Trump, according to sources, had questioned why the United States wouldwant immigrants from “sh**hole countries” like Haiti and some Africancountries during a briefing on draft immigration legislation.

During a White House press conference on Tuesday, CNN’s Jim Acosta askedTrump whether he wanted more immigrants from Norway, to which Trump saidthat he wanted the US to draw immigrants from nations around the world.

“I want them to come in from everywhere,” Trump told reporters.

“Thank you, Jim. It’s time to exit,” a female aide can be heard saying in avideo of the incident.

But Acosta does not take the cue to stop asking questions and says, “JustCaucasian or white countries, sir? Or do you want people to come in fromother parts of the world, people of colour..?”

Trump then looks at Acosta, points his finger at him and says: “Out.”

The reporter then took to Twitter to detail the incident.

“As I attempted to ask questions in Roosevelt Room of Trump, WH press aidesshouted in my face to drown out my questions. I have never encountered thatbefore,” Acosta wrote.

“What occurred reminded me of something I would see in a different country.Certainly not at the WH. Certainly not in the US,” he continued.

US Democratic Senator Dick Durbin said last week that Trump had repeatedlyused the word “sh**hole” when speaking about African countries and theCaribbean nation of Haiti. Trump has denied using that language.

Trump’s comment about “immigrants from everywhere” is the opposite of hisadministration’s immigration policies, which include a complete ban onseveral Muslim countries from entering the US.