So they are my age. Nice.

The answer you received is a Romanian joke, which we tell all foreigners who ask that question, that's why he didn't hesitate. 😊

The serious answer would be that he had gotten the country out of all its debts, of course sacrificing the population.

Anyway, communism didn't fall in 1989, it continued under a different form and leadership.

Tell them not to return to the country because nothing has changed.

The communists are still in power, and running the country.