On August 4, 2017, twelve days before the renegotiation of NAFTA was due to begin, Expansión called Luis Videgaray and Jared Kushner the saviors of the treaty. “Tanto Videgaray como Kushner son colaboradores muy cercanos a los presidentes de México y de Estados Unidos” (Both Videgaray and Kushner are very close collaborators of the presidents of Mexico and the United States), the magazine wrote.
Citing press reports, Expansión said the two men had been behind the meeting between Enrique Peña Nieto and Donald Trump in August 2016. Citing a Washington Post transcript, it quoted Trump in Spanish on a call with Peña Nieto in January 2017: “Jared confía en que usted y él encontrarán un acuerdo, a través de Luis y su equipo” (Jared is confident that you and he will find an agreement, through Luis and his team).