Donald Trump referred to his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner as a "good boy" as he praised the Wall Street Journal for a positive editorial about him.

The president held an interview with the newspaper's editor in the Oval Office last week, shortly after Mr Kushner met with congressional panels investigating Russian election interference.

An editorial in the paper had praised Mr Kushner for his disclosure of his contacts with Russians and other foreigners.

“You did a good job. He’s a good – he’s a good boy,” Mr Trump told the editor-in-chief Gerard Baker, according to a transcript of the exchange that was published by Politico.