Tokyo (CNN) President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday he doesn't view North Korea's short range missile tests as disturbing, a view deeply at odds with his Japanese hosts and in conflict with statements made a day earlier by his national security adviser. "North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me," Trump wrote on TwitterThis is a major blow ahead of his meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, which are set to begin in a few hours. The Japanese government has said North Korea's recent test of short range missiles violated UN resolutions -- a determination that national security adviser John Bolton agreed with in Tokyo on Saturday during a briefing with reporters before Trump arrived in Japan. In his tweet, Trump went on to say he smiled when North Korea called former Vice President Joe Biden a low IQ individual.

Source: CNN May 25, 2019 23:03 UTC