When North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sky on Thursday morning, it sent an underlying message to U.S. President Joe Biden: ‘Underestimate us at your peril.’

The launch, which is the first-known ballistic missile test during Biden’s presidency, took place just a few days after the DPRK fired short-range cruise missiles on Sunday — an incident that the president himself described as mere “business as usual.”

Now, it’s clear that Biden’s decision to downplay the cruise missile launch over the weekend could have prompted North Korea to conduct a more provocative test that actually violates U.N.