While Peterson hadn’t seemed too endeared to the Hungarian leader before, once calling him a “dictator wannabe” and a “tyrant,” the two appeared downright amiable during their first face-to-face conversation on Thursday.

They discussed a variety of hot-button conservative talking points. They both agreed, for instance, on that illegal immigration is “unnecessary and dangerous.” Orban’s hardline stance on immigration has put him strongly at odds with other EU nations, perhaps more than any other issue.

The newly bonded pair also lamented “political correctness,” which they called “an invention of a small group of ideologically motivated people” that frustrates meaningful debate in society. Peterson’s rise to fame can in part be attributed to his unapologetic hostility toward the expectant liberal political niceties, a perspective which has won him both fans and enemies.

One of the conversations that they felt had been stifled is the public debate over the “horrors of communism” which they see as being majorly downplayed. They both felt disturbed by European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker’s speech on Karl Marx’s birthday, where he defended the German thinker’s work and legacy.