The Indonesian leader’s unusual approach to the ‘America first’ president is testing Jakarta’s non-alignment policy, observers said
Eric and his brother Donald Trump Jnr both serve as executive vice-presidents of the Trump Organisation, which has already built its first golf club in Indonesia and is working on a resort in Bali.
The clip quickly spread online, prompting speculation in Jakarta and Washington about Prabowo’s unusually personal approach to engaging the “America first” leader.
Some analysts at that time even warned that Jakarta was “sleepwalking” into closer strategic alignment with China, given Beijing’s deep and long-standing economic presence in the country.