"I think under today's environment, with the complexity, we need a businessman to run a country," Tanoe said at his South Jakarta home, a small palace with a statue of a giant eagle looming over an immaculate driveway. "Maybe democracy is a good way for a developed country, in a country where the level of the playing field is the same." Tanoe, like Trump, exults in his business success, pointing to the 37,000 people working in his property and media conglomerate, MNC. Tanoe said after the inauguration his business dealings with the Trump Organization will only be through Trump's sons Don Jr. and Eric. Though Trump is notorious in Indonesia for proposing a ban on Muslim immigration, there is also a reservoir of admiration for the U.S. superpower.

Source: Fox News January 16, 2017 13:21 UTC