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This year’s US presidential election event is in the limelight because it is said to be ‘similar’ to the situation in Indonesia during the 2019 presidential election. The nuances of the ‘similarities’ emerged after Donald Trump proclaimed his victory in the presidential election.
This was expressed by several foreign figures, including international researchers and journalists on Twitter. This description of the US presidential election was originally submitted by ABC Australia Washington Bureau Chief David Lipson. He said that the nuances of the US presidential elections were like the political situation in Indonesia.
“It feels like Indonesian politics now,” David Lipson wrote via his Twitter account on Wednesday (11/4/2020).
Soon after, Ross Tapsell responded to the tweet. Taspell said this situation is not very similar unless Trump is appointed Secretary of Defense. “That’s correct. But that’s not true Indonesian policy unless Trump eventually becomes Defense Minister Biden,” Taspell tweeted.
Taspel is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University. He is involved in the Indonesia Project at ANU and the New Mandala news / analysis website. He is also on the editorial board of Asiascape magazine: Digital Asia.
 Jokowi-Prabowo meeting at MRT Photo: Muchlis Jr / Office of the Presidential Secretary |
Aaron Connelly also sent a tweet comparing the US presidential election to the situation in the Indonesian presidential election. Connelly is the project manager for Southeast Asia at the Australian think tank, Lowy Institute. It served until 2018.
“But Biden will not touch the record for the most votes in the world presidential elections, which President Jokowi achieved in Indonesia last year: 85,607,362,” Connelly said in a tweet.
