President Trump tells The Atlantic he runs the country 'and the world'

President Donald Trump spoke to The Atlantic about what was different from his first term as president telling the reporters in a piece published on Monday that in his second term he now runs the country and the world The first time I had two things to do run the country and survive I had all these crooked guys he recounted The Atlantic And the second time I run the country and the world I m having a lot of fun considering what I do he added You know what I do is such serious stuff Trump in the past few days revealed in a Truth Social post that he would be sitting down with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg for the interview and disclosed he agreed to it out of curiosity TRUMP TO HOLD RALLY TUESDAY IN CELEBRATION OF FIRST DAYS LEAVITT SAYSThe Atlantic published that people inside and outside the White House have been saying that Trump is having more fun in his second term The president also spoke to The Atlantic about the media as well as tech billionaires including Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos He s percent He s been great the president announced of Bezos Zuckerberg s been great Trump added You know at specific point they give up Trump reported during the interview speaking generally about media owners The Atlantic reporters noted they suspected he was referring to Bezos specifically Trump praised Bezos for trying to do a real job at the Post during a late-March interview following several changes the Amazon founder made at the paper in the last year CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREThe president also spoke about his opposition during The Atlantic interview arguing that Democrats have lost their confidence I don t think they know what they re doing I think they have no leader You know if you ask me now I know a lot about the Democrat Party right I can t tell you who their leader is I can t tell you that I see anybody on the horizon Trump explained The president also committed to adhering to rulings from the Supreme Court amid criticisms from the left that he was defying court orders You have to do that he narrated The Atlantic CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPWhen pressed on a third term Trump announced It s not something that I m looking to do And I think it would be a very hard thing to do