US President Donald Trump may want to let go of the Middle East. Mr Trump laid out his low-key approach to Iran in a brief interview with the news website Axios on Sunday. Yeah, they can make trouble,” Mr Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Monday, acknowledging Iran’s ability to keep harassing commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at White House last month Credit: Anadolu / Getty ImagesBut in the days after Mr Trump announced the plan, Gaza saw an increase in deadly Israeli bombings. In Iran and Israel, Mr Katulis said, Mr Trump has “misread the regional power dynamics.”