After the 20 country summit in Sharm l Sheikh, Egypt, to sign a document, the content of which we do not know,
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi’s office said the summit aims to “end the war” in Gaza and “usher in a new page of peace and regional stability” in line with U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision.
after which President Trump spoke thanking everyone in turn for their contribution to the event, an anxious looking President Sobianto of Indonesia (only in power since October 2024) ensured he caught a word with Trump before he left to board Airforce One.
He was caught on ‘hot mic’ trying to get one of Trump’s sons to visit regarding the tourism project they were running.
A sprawling “Trump Community” has been built since 2014 in this pocket of Indonesia’s most densely populated island, with a new toll road leading to it, located in Gunung Gede Pangrango, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of the capital, Jakarta, and is home to a new Trump golf course, which started offering membership last year.
It’s part of broader plans, including a huge theme park, that have alarmed conservationists who fear development will overwhelm habitats for some of the archipelago’s most threatened species.
The Environment Ministry said in a statement that mismanagement of rainwater at the resort had caused sedimentation in Lido Lake, making it shallower and halving the size of the body of water to 12 hectares (30 acres).
“The mismatch between environmental plans and physical implementation is a serious concern in efforts to preserve natural resources,” said Ardyanto Nugroho, the ministry’s director of environmental complaints, monitoring and law enforcement.
He said that his team was still waiting for laboratory test results to determine further steps in the environmental law enforcement process.
“We committed to preserving the environment and will take firm action against violations that impact the ecosystem and surrounding communities,” Nugroho said.
And the idea for this project which threatens one of the last remaining pristine rainforest areas in Indonesia is a friend of Donald Trump:
The 3,000-hectare (11.6-square-mile) project is the brainchild of Trump’s Indonesian business partner, billionaire and politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who attended Trump’s inauguration in Washington last month.
And Forbes tells us more about Hary Tanoesoedibjo:
His listed MNC Land in 2023 opened the Lido Music & Arts Center in Jakarta as part of the Lido City project, which will feature Trump-branded golf course and resort.
MNC Land is also building another Trump-branded golf resort in Bali.
His daughter Angela, who used to serve as Indonesia’s Deputy Tourism and Creative Economy Minister, became co-CEO of MNC Group in October 2024.
Apparently Indonesia are offering up to 20,000 troops to help with Peacekeeping in Gaza.
Indonesia’s Prabowo orders TNI to ready peacekeepers for Gaza mission
October 13, 2025 10:36 GMT+700
File photo – President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech during the General Debate of the 80th United Nations General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York, the United States, September 23, 2025. (ANTARA FOTO/Fathur Rochman/bar)
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