The drone was put in place close enough to taunt Iran to knock it down, even though we have spy satellites that they can't possibly touch.
All we have to do is back off a bit, and Iran will take out its frustrations over sanctions on some other nation not in the region. Maybe a European target will be next. Then, a coalition can be built to finally deal with them. That's how Bush the first was able to do the Gulf War in 1991. Surely, Trump has someone from that administration in his inner circle who is laying out a blueprint for him to fancy himself as a world leader.
Trump knows that the leaders of other nations generally have scorn for him, no matter how much they pretend to suck up to him with official functions. He'd love to be seen as the greatest among equals in conjunction with them, and anyone who has a scheme for that might well be heeded.
It's been a week since the tanker attacks, and we haven't launched war against Iran yet, even though Bolton is foaming at the mouth for it. Trump's leadership style (if you can call it that) is to let underlings fight it out, and he picks the side that he deems victorious. Anyone offering an option that does not foreclose the other option is likely to be tried out first.
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