David Lynch is quickly hitting the brakes on his controversial remarks about Donald Trump. On Saturday, the filmmaker said in an interview with The Guardian that Trump “could go down as one of the greatest presidents in history” because of how he has managed to disrupt a calcified political system. Even if Trump isn’t doing a good job as president, Lynch continued, his outlandish behavior has thrown back the curtain on how inefficient politicians can be, paving the way for other outsiders who can come in and fix the system. Trump quickly embraced the first part of Lynch’s message, tweeting out a Breitbart article about the interview, and quoting parts of it at a rally in South Carolina on Monday.

Now, though, it seems the whole thing has finally gone too far for Lynch. The filmmaker wrote a letter to Trump on Tuesday, somewhat putting the kibosh on the escalating situation.

In the letter—which begins with a respectful salutation: “Dear Mr. President”—Lynch said that he wishes he and Trump “could sit down and have a talk.” He went on to say that his somewhat hyperbolic comment was taken out of context. “Unfortunately, if you continue as you have been, you will not have a chance to go down in history as a great president,” he wrote. “This would be very sad it seems for you—and for the country. You are causing suffering and division.”

Lynch also directly appealed to whatever scraps are left of Trump’s morality, writing that it’s “not too late to turn the ship around. Point our ship toward a bright future for all. You can unite the country. Your soul will sing.”

Of course, Trump is currently very busy overseeing policies that separate parents from their children at the southern border, slamming American companies and restaurants, and breathlessly tweeting about his Muslim ban. So his hands are a bit tied up at the moment.

That said, Trump also isn’t immune to sitting down with celebrities (or however you want to categorize Lynch) when the mood strikes, previously carving time into his busy schedule for stars like Kanye West and Kim Kardashian (which yielded the pardon of Alice Johnson, a 63-year-old woman who had been serving a life sentence for a nonviolent drug offense). Perhaps, considering all the coverage it’s received in the last few days, the headline-obsessed, photo op-minded president will set aside some time for Lynch’s offer, resulting in a meeting that will be even stranger than any episode of Twin Peaks.