North Carolina: Suspicions that Donald Trump is using his campaign as a launch pad for a right-wing media empire have grown with reports that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has met with Aryeh Bourkoff, an investment banker with media experience, to discuss the possibility.

Some analysts have long speculated that Mr Trump was planning on building some form of "Trump TV" after the election.. Their suspicions have grown throughout the campaign as he surrounded himself with men who have already monetised right-wing discontent. The speculation has increased with the Financial Times report of the meeting.

Some of the most senior figures of the Trump campaign have already successfully built right-wing media machines. Roger Ailes, the founder and chief executive of Fox News has been advising Mr Trump ever since he was forced out of his seat by Lachlan and James Murdoch after allegations of sexual harassment. The chief executive of Mr Trump's campaign is Steve Bannon, the head of the alt-right online news outfit Breitbart.

In response to the story the Republican anti-Trump senator Ben Sasse tweeted sarcastically, "Who could possibly have seen this one coming."