Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador talks immigration, cartels, fentanyl crisis [Video]

Immigration, the border and the economy have emerged as key issues in this year’s presidential election and may determine who wins the White House. But the person who could tip the scales for either candidate…is another president. Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, widely known by his initials “AMLO.” Charismatic, and often combative, “AMLO” won a landslide victory in 2018 on the promise to root-out corruption, reduce poverty and violent crime. Now, 70 years old and in the final stretch of his term, we met the president in Mexico City for a candid conversation about his handling of immigration, trade, the fentanyl crisis, and the cartels. And he told us why he thinks…when Donald Trump says he is going to shut down the border or build a wall, he’s bluffing.

Sharyn Alfonsi: President Trump is saying he wants to build a wall again. 

President López Obrador (in Spanish/English translation): On the campaign. 

Sharyn Alfonsi: But you don’t think he’d actually do it?

President …