Just minutes after signing a ceasefire agreement on Gaza at a major international summit, President Donald Trump told reporters to leave the room. He didn’t realize the mic was still on — then immediately got caught doing exactly what critics have warned about for years.
During a closed-door moment at the Sharm El-Sheikh summit in Egypt — where over 20 world leaders gathered — Trump was approached by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. The cameras were gone, the press had cleared out, but the audio kept rolling.
What followed wasn’t diplomacy. It was business.
“Trump’s conversation with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is caught on a hot mic. Hard to tell exactly what they are talking about, but Subianto asks Trump about meeting Eric Trump and Don Jr, who supposedly have nothing to do with government while they run the family business,” journalist Aaron Rupar reported on Bluesky.
The moment quickly lit up social media — not just because of what was said, but because of what it confirmed: Trump still hasn’t separated the presidency from the Trump Organization. And this time, it played out in front of a room full of world leaders.
Critics were blunt.
“I hope that someone is keeping account of how all the money being spent to rebuild Gaza is being spent because I would hazard a guess that a lot of it could end up in offshore accounts rather than in building new hospitals, schools, water supplies, and other critical infrastructure,” wrote Chris Medland, architect and Ph.D. researcher, on Bluesky.
Writer Joel Klebanoff didn’t mince words either: “The Trump family corruption knows no bounds.”
“Did we just hear a major crime happen?” Call to Activism asked on X.
This isn’t just a PR slip-up. It’s a moment that underscores long-standing concerns over how Trump uses his public office to advance private interests. His sons — Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. — have repeatedly claimed to have stepped away from politics to focus solely on the family business. But when a sitting president is caught on a hot mic chatting with a foreign leader about those same sons, the lines start to blur in real time.
Trump’s presidency has already been marked by conflicts of interest and questions around foreign entanglements. But this moment — an unfiltered, unscripted exchange caught on hot mic — cuts through spin and talking points. It shows the machinery in motion.
Watch the clip below:
🚨OH MY GOD: Trump and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto have just been caught on a hot mic discussing a deal (?) (he asks to speak with Trump's sons Eric and Don Jr – who do NOT work in government).
Did we just hear a major crime happen?
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) October 13, 2025
