Media overreaction?

Stories are now appearing that indicate Trump - who is not Bolton - is not looking for war or even for some sort of tit for tat.

And that he does not seek and does not foresee regime change.

Trump downplays Iran tensions after drone shot down

Trump, the anti-globalist, re-emerges.

President Donald Trump downplayed the dramatic escalation in tensionswith Iran Thursday, after the downing of a US drone near the Persian Gulf sparked fears that tensions with Tehran could spill over into confrontation.

Calling the shootdown "a new wrinkle, a new fly in the ointment," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office he finds it "hard to believe it was intentional."

Earlier in the day, Trump had tweeted that "Iran made a very big mistake!" as he and his national security officials huddled to weigh possible responses. 

Some lawmakers called for restraint and others warned Iran should prepare for "severe pain."

Trump's ominous -- if vague -- tweet came after Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it had shot down an "intruding American spy drone" after it entered into the country's territory Thursday. 

Trump told reporters later Thursday morning that the drone had been over international waters. 

Asked if the US would respond or go to war, Trump said, "you'll find out."

"Probably Iran made a mistake. I would imagine it was a general or somebody who made a mistake in shooting that drone down," Trump said during an exchange with CNN's Kaitlan Collins.

"I find it hard to believe it was intentional. I think it could've been somebody that was loose and stupid," Trump said, noting that the drone was unarmed and had no pilot. 

"It was a very foolish move, that I can tell you."

Trump assured that the situation is "all going to work out." 

And with the 2020 elections looming, he picked up a refrain from his first campaign, telling reporters: "I want to get out of these endless wars, I campaign on that."

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At the same time, Trump has sought to calm nerves, and continues to privately express wariness at wading into another foreign conflict.

"Don't worry about a thing," Trump told interviewer Sean Hannity on Fox News on Wednesday evening. 

"Everything's under control."

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In meetings with his national security team over the past several weeks, Trump has maintained his skepticism toward going to war with Iran, telling advisers he isn't interested in sending American troops into another engagement in the Middle East.

He has also told his team that regime change should not be in the cards -- a position he reiterated during a news conference in Japan at the end of May.

That stance has sometimes been at odds with other members of his national security team, including Bolton and Pompeo. 

Both have offered hawkish warnings to Iran over its behavior.