President Trump called his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner “a good boy” while thanking the editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal for a flattering editorial about Kushner.

Trump was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal in the Oval Office last month, during which he and his daughter Ivanka Trump thanked the Journal's editor-in-chief, Gerard Baker, for publishing an editorial the day before praising Kushner.

The editorial commended Kushner's statements before the House and Senate Intelligence committees earlier that week, saying he set a "precedent" for the Trump administration by offering a "comprehensive disclosure" of his contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 election campaign. Kushner's disclosure and statements were part of ongoing investigations into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

According to the full transcript of the Journal interview released by Politico on Tuesday, Trump told Baker he "did a good job" by publishing the editorial.

“You did a good job. He’s a good – he’s a good boy,” Trump said.

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“They wrote a very nice editorial, so very good,” Ivanka Trump added.

Baker thanked the Trumps for their praise, but also pointed out that his “colleagues write those,” referring to writers in the editorial section. The Journal has a traditional news divide between the newsroom and editorial team.

The Journal's editorial board has taken swipes at Trump and his family, writing last month that Trump's family is "repeating mistakes" that the Clinton campaign made by not being more transparent and releasing information ahead of leaks.