Tia Mariatul Kibtiah: We Must Be Proud Of Donald Trump Praise Prabowo's Speech

JAKARTA - International Relations Lecturer (HI) of the University of Bina Nusantara (BINUS), Tia Mariatul Kibtiah, assessed that President of the United States Donald Trump's praise for President Prabowo Subianto's speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UN) should be responded with pride. Because Trump is a figure of world leaders who rarely praises people.

"Trump is a way of talking carelessly, intimidating, and insulting people," said Tia Maria while talking to Eddy Wijaya on the EdShareOn podcast which aired on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. "So with that praise we are happy and proud in person," added Tia.

President Trump's praise for President Prabowo was related to his speech on the solution to peace for Palestine at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States, Tuesday, September 23, 2025. In the speech, Prabowo reiterated Indonesia's position as a country that fully supports Palestinian independence. Prabowo several times held his hand to the podium table as a form of Indonesia's seriousness in pushing for the independence of the country which is now ravaged by Israeli atrocities. Great speech.' You did a great job by turning your hand on that table, Trump told Prabowo, quoted from various media after the speech.

The graduate of the International Relations Sciences doctoral at Padjadjaran University in Bandung also considered Trump's praise not to contain fire. Although Trump also compared Prabowo's hand to the podium table with Prabowo's angry time. He (Trump) joked, so Trump said the possibility that if he was angry like this, yes (stabbed the table) Tia explained Trump's statement.

Tia Maria said Trump understood Prabowo's firm attitude at the global meeting. Because Prabowo must also show attention to the hopes of the Indonesian people in demanding Palestinian independence. I see Trump knows the domestic condition of Indonesian politics. And Trump also knows that President Prabowo did that (a convict kicked the table) to calm (the community) in the country," said Tia.

He also assessed that Prabowo's excellent speech also rejected the concerns of many parties who suspected that Trump would be intimidated. This was predicted by various circles because Prabowo had a turn to make speeches after Trump. "Especially with careless Trump's question, it indirectly provides benefits for Pak Prabowo who is consistent with the Palestinian-Israel issue," he said.

BINUS University HI lecturer Tia Mariatul Kibtiah stated that the formation of two countries or Two-State Solution is the most rational solution to end the war between Palestine and Israel. She assessed that the solution offered by President Prabowo must be realized immediately so that genocide against Palestinians does not drag on.

"It's the most realistic, and we also have to state that the two-state solution is two countries, do we just recognize Palestine? No way. Like it or not, it means both of them are neighbors (states)," said Tia Maria to Eddy Wijaya. .

The woman who was born in Karawang, June 2, 1978, explained that the world must also recognize the existence of Israel as a sovereign country. Because without that recognition, Israel can commit massive genocide against the Palestinian people. The solution must be considered, if only one Palestinian country, what will they do, is Israel gone, what will happen? What is there is added genocide, not only in Gaza, to Jerusalem, to Ramala, and so on. Now it has started to spread, "he said.

Tia Maria also urged the United Nations to immediately re-spire maps or boundaries for the Palestinian and Israeli territories, including Hamas and Fatah positions within the country. "It has to be discussed and I think it should be fast, because there should be no more continuous killings of civilians. Children especially and women make us think, are these humans or not?," said Tia Maria.

Nevertheless, Tia Maria explained, the offer of a solution for two countries found obstacles both from Palestine itself and Islamic countries such as Iran and Indonesia. The obstacle is in the form of an opinion stating that Palestine must stand up to become a country without Israel. Indonesia must also recognize Israel, and that must be accepted by all of them," he said.

The figure of Eddy Wijaya is a podcaster who was born on August 17, 1972. Through the @EdShareOn YouTube account, Eddy interviewed many national figures ranging from state officials, legal experts, political experts, national politicians, to Indonesian celebrities. The man with the characteristics of the right cheek dimple is also a nationalist who is a struggling activist for discriminated and social observers by helping the community through the Wijaya Peduli Bangsa foundation.

He is also active in the field of sports by serving as the Daily Chair of the All-Indonesian Equestrian Sports Association (Pordasi) Pacu and has also served as Deputy Chairperson of the All-Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) East Jakarta. Eddy also serves as the Advisory Board of the Social Association of Marga Tionghoa Indonesia, the 2022-2026 term of service. His ideas were formed because of his hard work to be independent from the age of 13 years until his success as he is now. For Eddy, the world of work is not as smooth as imagined, failure and rejection are common. This is what makes him hold fast to the tagline Success is only a matter of time. (ADV)