The Dalai Lama has little faith in Donald Trump — and that’s not the only controversy that he stirred up in a recent interview.

The exiled monk who serves as the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists made comments about women and migrants in a BBC video released on Thursday that critics say undermine his compassionate persona.

For one thing, when BBC reporter Rajini Vaidyanathan asked the 83-year-old about comments he made in 2015 that only an “attractive” woman should replace him, he doubled down on the controversial comments.

“If [a] female Dalai Lama come, then she should be more attractive,” he said. He then made an unflattering face, saying that if a female Dalai Lama looked like that, “I think, [people would] prefer not [to] see her, [with] that face.”

And when Vaidyanathan asked whether he understood why his remarks angered so many people, he responded, “There’s an opportunity to ask whether they spent some money for makeup. I think they must do something.”

The social media backlash was swift. Comedian Sarah Silverman tweeted, “The Dalai Lama said a female successor would have to be hot. We are so far past seven in the seals of the apocalypse department.” And gun control activist Shannon Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action, tweeted, “When even the Dalai Lama disappoints you is peak 2019,” a sentiment shared by many others.

What’s more, while the Dalai Lama said the European Union should take in refugees, he added that the long-term goal should be to return refugees to their home countries.

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“But [for the] whole [of] Europe [to] eventually become [a] Muslim country? Impossible. Or [an] African country, also impossible,” he said, laughing, although he is an exile himself. “Keep Europe for Europeans.”

But he saved most of his jabs for President Trump, whom he said has displayed a “lack of moral principle” during his first two-plus years in office.

“ ‘But I think [there is a] lack of moral principle. When he became president, he expressed “America first.” That is wrong. America, they should take the global responsibility.’ ” — Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama referred to the migrant crisis and America’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord in his appraisal. “When I saw pictures of some of those young children [on the U.S.-Mexico border], I was sad,” he said.

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He also questioned Trump’s emotional health. In the video, the Dalai Lama said, “His emotions [are] also a little bit… too complicated,” while twirling his index finger alongside his temple, similar to a cuckoo sign.

This interview isn’t the first time that the Dalai Lama has criticized Trump. In September 2016, before Trump was elected, he did an unflattering impression of the real-estate-mogul-turned-Republican-candidate while speaking with Piers Morgan on “Good Morning Britain.” He placed his hand over his head to imitate Trump’s distinctive hair, and then used his hand to make a flapping gesture by his mouth while remarking “his mouth… small.”