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Monday, April 7, 2025

Prabowo Subianto’s style of responding to criticism is similar to Donald Trump’s. Except Trump does not pretend to support democracy.

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ON the 17th anniversary of the Gerindra Party in Bogor, West Java, President Prabowo Subianto responded to all public criticism with the word “ndasmu!,” “your head!” Hearing that irrational response, I was reminded of Suharto’s response to the riots on July 27, 1996. The New Order ruler called the rioters “bald devils.” But unlike Suharto, Prabowo was elected through a more complete democratic p

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