Mexico just elected a new president who has promised a hard line on issues that have been plaguing the country for years. Trump sees this as an opportunity and is sending an all-star team to the country to meet with the outgoing and incoming presidents to see if any in-roads can be made.

According to Yahoo:

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump is sending a team of top officials to meet Mexico’s president-elect on Friday to show the importance he places on the countries’ relationship, the US said, after months of deeply strained ties.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will lead a high-level delegation for meetings with anti-establishment leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who won a landslide victory in Mexico’s July 1 elections, opening a new chapter in what has been a troubled relationship since Trump came to office.

“This is an important trip scheduled at a key moment in our bilateral relationship,” said a senior US State Department official in a background briefing on Thursday.

He confirmed that Pompeo would be joined by Trump’s son-in-law, senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner; Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen; and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Trump is placing a huge importance on the relationship with Mexico. A strong Mexico will definitely ease the burden on American taxpayers.