As Ties With Mexico Fray, Kushner Works Quietly to Mend Them

[Judi Lynn]

By MARK LANDLER MARCH 24, 2018



At the heart of Jared Kushner’s involvement with Mexico is the relationship he has cultivated with a close adviser to
President Enrique Peña Nieto. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times


WASHINGTON — When President Trump complained that the $1.3 trillion spending bill he grudgingly signed on Friday did not pay for his border wall, he kept alive an issue that has poisoned relations between the United States and Mexico from the day he took office.

And yet, for Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, it was a small step in the right direction.

Mr. Trump did not repeat his demand that Mexico must pay for the wall. Mr. Kushner, people who work with him say, has asked the president to refrain from using that line. He also lobbied Mr. Trump to exempt the country from new steel and aluminum tariffs, and to renegotiate, rather than rip up, the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The well-meaning interventions of Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka, with Mr. Trump are a familiar — and to some critics, overblown — theme of this administration. Their influence has been questioned ever since Mr. Trump pulled out of the Paris climate accord last year over their objections.

More:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/24/us/politics/jared-kushner-mexico.html

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1. I feel comforted that Jared's on it n/t

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2. He's only kissing ass to try to get financing for 666 5th from Mexican billionaires.

[Angry Dragon]

3. I do not like nor trust that family of grifters

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4. Nieto won't be prez much longer...

it's all bullshit

[dreamland]

5. Good cop, bad cop

dRump messes things up so that Jarhead goes in and fixes it for a price. It may not be immediate impact but you can see some payback in a future date. Mexico's stupid if they trust this administration.