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Tell me again why jr roams free to grift? motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
But even as Trump Jr. dismissed the potential for a conflict of interest, his father’s business partner, Indonesian billionaire and political impresario Hary Tanoesoedibjo, explicitly promoted the event as a visit from the US president’s son.
“Today, I received the arrival of the eldest son of United States President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr. at the MNC Center, Jakarta,” Tanoesoedibjo wrote on Instagram under a video of the two men and their families socializing. 
Tanoesoedibjo will earn the bulk of profits,Trump Org will earn commissions/fees off the sale of Trump-branded property at the resorts. Jr. told reporters that his father’s personal financial interest in Indonesia and with Tanoesoedibjo would have no impact on US policy.
interview with an Indonesian magazine later in 2017—the article was titled “I Have Access to President Trump“— Tanoesoedibjo said he had regular contact with Trump’s sons but also had access to the president himself.
He took credit for connecting Trump to two Indonesian politicians Trump used for a campaign stunt in 2016.
