Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Steven Terner MnuchinLawmakers fear voter backlash over failure to reach COVID-19 relief deal United Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid House Democrats plan to unveil bill next week to avert shutdown MORE says he’s satisfied with a temporary deal President Trump cut with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling and extend government funding.

"We're very happy we have a deal," Mnuchin told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network’s "Mornings with Maria."

"The president's priority was to make sure we have the funding for [Hurricane] Harvey and to make sure we raise the debt limit to pay for that," he continued, adding that the deal "accomplished" those goals.

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Mnuchin’s remarks came a day after Trump stunned Washington, and dismayed Republican congressional leaders, by agreeing with Democrats to extend government funding and raise the debt limit until mid-December. The deal will also include passing funding to deal with recovery efforts from Hurricane Harvey.

Just hours before the president's meeting with congressional leaders from both parties, Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) had called Democrats’ three-month proposal "ridiculous" and "unworkable," and before the meeting the House had moved ahead to pass a solo Harvey relief bill.

According to a New York Times report Thursday, Trump even interrupted Mnuchin at one point during the meeting as the Treasury chief made the case for an 18-month debt limit deal.

Witnesses told the Times that Mnuchin appeared to be in shock at the president’s decision as he left the meeting.

Mnuchin, though, is publicly defending the deal, which he said would provide relief to communities hit by Harvey.

"Everybody in the room was very clear that we would never let the government default," Mnuchin added.

GOP leaders including Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellObama calls on Senate not to fill Ginsburg's vacancy until after election Planned Parenthood: 'The fate of our rights' depends on Ginsburg replacement Progressive group to spend M in ad campaign on Supreme Court vacancy MORE (Ky.) have said they will support the deal. Ryan called it a moment of bipartisanship.

Mnuchin also said that tax reform is "still very viable" this year, especially now that Harvey and the debt ceiling have been addressed for the next three months.

“We have the funding for Harvey, we are focused on tax reform, that’s going to be the big priority for the next 90 days. We are going to work with the two committees on that and get that down to the floor so we can have a bill passed for the president to sign,” he said.

“There’s a lot that’s done. The major blueprint has been outlined. It’s going to go to the committees, the committees will add to different parts of this, but we have a path to get this done this year.”