Nonsense. It can take about 10 or 15 minutes for introductions and background on the work, before the real questions start. Obviously one of those questions was "is Trump an authoritarian like your book warned??", which backfired on them embarrassingly.
Wow, you'll go to any lame lengths to support your narrative. "10 or 15 minutes for introductions and background on the work, before the real questions start." Seriously? Intro was 60 seconds. He then talks about his experience inside China and outside, and returning and present day. His art, his philosophy, his book etc. The latter being the point of the interview. 60 seconds on Trump, referencing a quote in his book regarding Trump by name. Then for the remaining 10 minutes he talks about globalization, human rights and stuff like that.
And the question stemming from his book seems appropriate. Regarding the directives from Mao, messages distributed every night to the masses, Ai wrote:
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These messages served a function similar to Donald Trump's late night tweets while in office. They were the direct communication of a leader's thoughts to his devoted followers, enhancing the sanctity of his authority."
Seems like a pretty direct comparison to Mao. And guess what, Mao was an authoritarian. And Ai's response to whether Trump was was no, you need a system to be an authoritarian, not just 1 guy. The only thing that didn't make Trump an authoritarian is that he didn't have the required system in place.
All in all, it wasn't 27 minutes of PBS Trump bashing. 60 seconds, if even at best.
Typical of your cherry-picking ways - The only thing you got out of a 1/2 hour interview with a very interesting individual is a minute of dialogue.