*Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2017 *

**Remarks Prior to a Meeting With President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo of Indonesia in Hamburg, Germany **

*July 8, 2017 *

*President Trump.* Thank you very much. It's my great honor to have the President of Indonesia, a country that is doing extremely well, and I would imagine a big part of that is leadership. Do you agree with that? [*Laughter*]

*President Widodo.* Thank you, President Trump.

*President Trump. *I think it's leadership. But we've become friends, and we're going to be doing a lot of deals together, trade deals. We have our whole trade delegation here, and we will start doing a lot of trading with Indonesia. We do very little business, relatively, now.

*President Widodo.* Yes.

*President Trump*. But we are going to do a lot of business.

So, Mr. President, it's a great honor to have you. Thank you.

*President Widodo.* Thank you for this meeting, President Trump. First and most importantly, I need to deliver to you warm greetings from your millions of fans in Indonesia. [*Laughter*]

*President Trump.* Ah! Thank you.

*President Widodo.* They are only interested in one thing: When can they personally welcome you to Indonesia? [*Laughter*]

*President Trump.* We'll get there. We'll get there. That's a place I'd like to go, actually.

*President Widodo.* I can get into serious trouble if I don't bring back some good news for your millions of fans in Indonesia. [*Laughter*]

*President Trump*. Okay. [*Laughter*]

*President Widodo. *Second, I wanted to convey our sincere appreciation for Vice President Michael Pence's visit to Jakarta——

*President Trump.* Yes. He did. Right.

*President Widodo. *——3 months ago. We really, really appreciate that your administration choose Indonesia as one of the four stops on your Vice President's tour around Asia.

*President Trump.* Yes.

*President Widodo.* Vice President Pence underlined the commitment of the U.S.A. to strengthen the strategic partnership with Indonesia. From our perspective, his visit was very, very successful. So once again, thank you.

*President Trump.* Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody.

NOTE: The President spoke at 11:04 a.m. at the Hamburg Messe conference center. *Categories:* Meetings With Foreign Leaders and International Officials : Indonesia, President Widodo*.*

*Locations: *Hamburg, Germany.

*Names:* Widodo, Joko "Jokowi"*.*

*Subjects:* Germany : President Trump's visit; Indonesia : President; Indonesia : Trade with U.S.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201700460.