surprising or inconsistent with the president's previous behavior, not the first time he's contradicted the national security adviser or others on his cabinet, his team. it's clear the north koreans are not happy with the state of affairs right now since the failure of the hanoi summit and typical north korea, when they want attention, they do something like this. despite all the wordsmithing, this was a ballistic missile test and it does contravene u.n. security counsel resolutions. the fact he's in japan on a state visit and these missiles do pose a threat to japan even though they may not pose a threat to the united states. it really puts, as you and boris pointed out, kind of an awkward