U.S. President Donald Trump reacted to the news that Vice President JD Vance was booed at the Winter Olympics in Milan with a head-scratching claim about his veep.

Video footage from Friday’s opening ceremony showed Vance and wife Usha met with what one Australian broadcaster described as “a lot of boos” from the crowd.

Aboard Air Force One later that day, a reporter asked Trump if he had heard about the booing, prompting a look of surprise from the president.

“No, I didn’t see that,” Trump replied in video from Forbes Breaking News. “Is that true, is that right? It’s surprising, ’cause people like him.”

That’s when Trump made his curious statement.

“Well, I mean he is in a foreign country, in all fairness. But, uh, he doesn’t get booed in this country.”