Mexican president takes aim at U.S. politicians

60 Minutes Overtime Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is widely known by his initials Amlo. His policies play an important role in American politics as immigration and border security become key issues in this year's

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ial election. , some American

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have used Mexico as a topic of conversation and Responding to the election campaign, in our conversation with López Oor during this week's 60 Minutes, we asked him about some of the times when American

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have invoked his country , including House Speaker Mike Johnson, who last month said he urged President Biden to reinstate a program. require immigrants to wait for their asylum cases south of the border the answer is simple you rejoin and stay in Mexico I told that to the

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From the White House He again said he couldn't do it I told him That's not true, well, no no no.

Mr. legislator is disrespectful. We are a free sovereign independent country. We are not a colony. We are not a protectorate of any foreign country. We have a very good relationship with the United States government, but not one of subordination. President Biden is respectful of our sovereignty as the president was. Trump because every time I speak with President Biden the first thing he tells me is that our relationship has to be on an equal footing, it is very difficult for United States politicians to understand. So what do they do instead? To seek to reach agreements and address the causes is to use Mexico in our case to say that it is Mexico's fault, the immigration problem is caused by Mexico, the governor of Texas to make propaganda because I think he wants to be a candidate for the vice presidency of the United States.

He goes to the Rio Grande and puts up barbed wire and makes a show that is opportunism that with all due respect is politicking That is not a serious solution no López Obrador will not be in office When the Americans go to the polls this November his own term will end in September but That? says about Joe Biden and Donald Trump suggests that he wants to keep Mexico in good relations with Washington No matter who wins The White House You are the number one trading partner at the moment with the United States Do you feel that Washington and the White House are treating you with that respect, yes, President Trump and President Biden have been very respectful, we have both had differences, but we have put the general interest first, the interest of the two peoples of the people of the United States and the people of Mexico, and we have understood each other.

And that is why we are commercial economic relationship when I became president the most important economic commercial relationship of the United States was with China and then Canada and now it is Mexico and we want partners to continue that way because we need each other