White House insiders tussle over Donald Trump vulgarity

As the fallout continues over US president Donald Trump’s use of a vulgar term to describe African countries during immigration talks, aides to the president are locked in an internal debate over which version of the word the president used.

As the fallout continues over US president Donald Trump’s use of a vulgar term to describe African countries during immigration talks, aides to the president are locked in an internal debate over which version of the word the president used.

Mr Trump was said to have uttered "shithole" during last Thursday’s conversation with senators in the Oval Office, a version backed up by Democrat Dick Durbin and some Republicans.