While other world leaders struggle with meaty issues from terrorism to immigration, Iceland’s president has stirred up a food fight over pizza toppings.

President Gudni Th. Johannesson was forced to clarify his views late Tuesday on, uh, well, pineapple as a pizza topping. (Although ham was not mentioned, which is technically needed to complete the “Hawaiian.”)

“I like pineapples, just not on pizza. I do not have the power to make laws that forbid people to put pineapples on pizza,” Johannesson wrote on Facebook. “Presidents should not have unlimited power. I would not want to hold this position if I could pass laws forbidding what I don’t like. I would not want to live in such a country.”

The high-stakes diplomatic climb-down came after Johannesson responded to a question from a student last week who had asked him what he thought of the love-it-or-hate-it pizza topping. Johannesson held nothing back. He said he found the pairing completely disgusting and would have it banned nationwide if he could.

But to the delight of “Hawaiian” pizza lovers everywhere, the combination of tomato sauce, cheese, ham and pineapple appears, for now, to be safe in Iceland.

“For pizzas, I recommend seafood,” Johannesson, who has been spotted picking up pizza on his way home from work, said in the Facebook post.

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Johannesson, at 48 Iceland’s youngest ever president, took office in August. He previously worked as an academic specializing in Icelandic history.

While the presidency is largely a ceremonial role in Iceland, Johannesson promised to work to restore public trust in the government following the resignation of Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson in April last year.

Gunnlaugsson stepped down after the so-called Panama Papers revealed he owned offshore companies with his wife. Bjarni Benediktsson, 47, has served as prime minister of the nation since January. Gunnlaugsson was elected at age 38 — the youngest Icelander to occupy the position.