JAKARTA Putri, who is blind, made headlines last week after earning a Golden Buzzer from the show’s creator and judge Simon Cowell during an audition in the United States. This allows her to bypass some rounds of the competition.
Three videos of Putri and Mr Widodo, or Jokowi as he is commonly knownas, were uploaded on his Instagram page.
Two other videos of the meeting were uploaded to President Widodo’s YouTube channel.
“I and all the people of Indonesia) will support Putri in the America’s Got Talent 2023 competition, which she will take part in August,” said Mr Widodo in a caption of one of the Instagram posts.
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