Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei said in a new interview that China and Russia are laughing at the U.S. under President Trump.

Weiwei told Politico that the U.S. is in danger of losing the rights it’s known for under Trump.

He also said the progress made by activists over the years “can be ruined with one hand.”

ADVERTISEMENT

“I think China is laughing about this situation. You know? China, Russia, they all laugh about it,” he said.

Weiwei, who is an open critic of the Trump administration, told Politico that Trump’s election was "the moment I think history stopped."

He said his new film, a documentary about the global refugee crisis called “Human Flow,” shows the importance of different individuals helping to protect values such as democracy and liberty.

“You know, we think we are in the safe hand, you know, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today,” Weiwei, who was detained by the Chinese government in 2011 for his outspoken criticism, said.

“So it’s really an alarm to show how easily in society, if we don’t really — for each generation, if we don’t really defend liberty or a democracy, the situation would get really bad.”