BUDAPEST, Hungary Hungarys nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbn, said in a sprawling interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the only path to ending the war in Ukraine would be the reelection of Donald Trump to the presidency. Trump is the man who can save the Western world, he said in the interview, which prompted a thank you from Trump on Truth Social . (Watch the video below.)

The four-times-indicted former president shared a segment of the conversation.

Orbn praised Trumps foreign policy while blasting the administration of President Joe Biden and its approach to the war in the interview, posted Wednesday on Carlsons page on X, formerly known as Twitter.

He said that Trumps return to office would be the only way out of the conflict, and that any suggestion that Kyiv could win the war against Russia was a lie.

The Russians are far stronger, far more numerous than the Ukrainians, Orbn said. Call back Trump. Trump is the man who can save the Western world and probably the human beings in the world as well.

The 30-minute video interview, filmed Aug. 21 on the opulent terrace of the prime ministers office overlooking Budapest, was the second in two years between Carlson and the right-wing leader. While visiting Hungary in 2021, Carlsons program on Fox News broadcast for a week from the capital, where he praised Orbns self-styled illiberal democracy a system that eschews traditional liberal values in favor of conservative Christian rule as a model for the United States to follow.

Orbn, in office since 2010, has long been criticized for overseeing an increasingly autocratic political system. The European Union, as well as the U.S. State Department and numerous international observers, have alleged that Orbn has rolled back minority rights , seized control of the judiciary and media and manipulated the election system to ensure his hold on power.