Indonesia’s Prabowo is desperate to impress Trump and Xi
The new president’s first foreign tour was a shambles
Over the course of three presidential campaigns, Prabowo Subianto told Indonesians that the country needed a president tough enough to stand up to foreign powers. The former special-forces general’s first foreign trip as president has them wondering whether he was referring to someone else.
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This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Flights of fancy”
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