Calling Iran a “very mixed-up country,” President Trump said Monday he isn’t sure where the US stands with the Islamic Republic — closer to nuclear negotiations or war.

​“I think Iran doesn’t know where they are. I’ve been watching and reading a lot of reports. Right now, they’re a very mixed-up country. They don’t know whether they’re coming or going​,” Trump told reporters at the White House during a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.​

​Trump last year withdrew the US from a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and reimposed sanctions as part of a “maximum pressure” campaign to force Tehran back to the negotiating table.

​”Their country is in turmoil. They’re having demonstrations all over Iran. Their inflation rate is 75 percent. They have a lot of problems​,” the president continued. “Whatever it is, I’m just going to sit back and look. We’ll see what happens.” ​

The president pointed to two incidents — the US downing of an Iranian drone that Iran disputes and Tehran’s claims it had captured 17 CIA spies — as proof the country cannot be trusted.

​”They put out propaganda. They put out lies​.​​ ​… Let’s see what happens with Iran​,” ​he said. “We are ready for the absolute worst and we are ready for sense​,​ too​.”

​”​They are really the ​No. 1 state of terror in the world​,” he continued. ​

He said Iran’s recent actions, including seizing a British-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, make it difficult for him to negotiate with Tehran.

“​Instead of being respectful, they put their finger up in the air​,” Trump said, showing his thumb. “And they disrespected the United States. They shouldn’t have done that. That was a big mistake.​”

​”If they want to make a deal, it’s frankly getting harder for me to want to make a deal with Iran because they’ve behaved very badly. They’re saying bad things. I’ll tell you, it could go either way, very easily. Very easily. And I’m ​OK either way it goes.​”​