New Delhi, April 28 -- US President Donald Trump brushed off concerns about wrongful deportations, praised tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg for showing him "a higher level of respect," and boasted that in his second term he now "runs the country and the world." Trump dismissed Pentagon controversies involving Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, rejected accusations of authoritarianism, and reaffirmed his belief-despite winning reelection-that he rightfully won the 2020 election.

Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with The Atlantic, addressed concerns over his administration's hardline deportation efforts, downplaying fears that legal residents or American citizens could be wrongly targeted.

"Let me tell you that nothing...