DONALD JR/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Donald Trump Jr., visiting Indonesia’s capital on Tuesday [8-13-19] to promote two Trump-branded resorts, defended his father, President Trump, and their family’s company against allegations that their global business presented conflicts of interest for the president. The president’s son, an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, said that the company had walked away from deals that could have made tens of millions of dollars so as not to create the appearance of any improprieties…He also defended his father against any suggestions that the family’s international business interests could affect his foreign policy…Mr. Trump was in Jakarta for a private event with wealthy prospective buyers to promote the sale of residential units at two planned luxury resorts in Indonesia that have yet to be built. He and his billionaire business partner, Hary Tanoesoedibjo, chairman of the MNC Group, held a news conference to extol the virtues of the two Trump-branded resorts, one in Bali and the other at Lido, south of Jakarta. The resorts will include hotels, golf courses and residential units.”
–Fira Abdurachman, Richard C. Paddock and Eric Lipton, “Donald Trump Jr., in Indonesia, Defends Family’s Global Business,” The new York Times online, August 13, 2019