President Trump had some good-natured fun trying to pronounce democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s name — but proclaimed that he thought it was great that a gay married man was running for office.

“I think it’s absolutely fine, I do. I think it’s great. I think it’s something that perhaps some people may have a problem with. I have no problem whatsoever, I think it’s good,” Trump told Steve Hilton, host of Fox News’ “The Next Revolution,” in an interview that will air Sunday at 9 p.m.

Trump’s liberal take could be at odds with evangelical Christians — and even his own vice president, Mike Pence, who opposes gay marriage.

Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, married Chasten Glezman, a school teacher, in June 2018.

Before those comments, a smiling Trump slowly tried to pronounce his potential rival’s name, lingering on each syllable, after Hilton asked him if Buttigieg’s candidacy was a sign of progress for the country.