Never mind North Korean missile launches, President Trump essentially told reporters Friday on the White House Lawn, instead touting another letter from Kim Jong Un with vague promises of continued denuclearization talks. Hours later, Kim conducted yet a fifth test of weapons capable of reaching South Korea, Japan and U.S. bases across Asia.

During a Friday gaggle with reporters, Trump first claimed he “got a very beautiful letter from Kim Jong Un yesterday,” three pages in length “right from top to bottom.” He naturally declined to share meaningful details of best pal Kim Jong Un’s missive, but tweeted Saturday that the dictator offered a “small apology for testing the short range missiles.”

“In a letter to me sent by Kim Jong Un, he stated, very nicely, that he would like to meet and start negotiations as soon as the joint U.S./South Korea joint exercise are over,” Trump wrote. “It was a long letter, much of it complaining about the ridiculous and expensive exercises. It was also a small apology for testing the short range missiles, and that this testing would stop when the exercises end.” It was unclear if Trump himself was calling U.S. and South Korea joint exercises “ridiculous and expensive,” or paraphrasing Kim’s words in the letter, though Trump has previously complained about the cost of military collaborations with South Korea.

On Friday, Trump also claimed that Kim “wasn't happy with the tests, the war games on the other side with the United States.” He added, “And as you know, I’ve never liked it either. I don’t like paying for it. We should be reimbursed for it, and I’ve told that to South Korea.” The president dismissed North Korea’s previous four weapons tests in recent weeks, claiming the test of short-range missiles didn’t technically violate their 2018 Singapore summit agreement, which focused on suspending nuclear tests.

That consideration seemingly opened North Korea to a fifth test Saturday, which was reported by South Korea. Trump has yet to respond to the test beyond a glowing review of Kim’s writing style.