President Donald Trump on Monday suggested quotas could replace tariffs on imports of Canadian and Mexican steel and aluminum, as he hailed the newly struck trade agreement and also said he saw a Democratic senator in a “compromising” situation.

TARIFFS STAY UNTIL ‘SOMETHING DIFFERENT’

At a Rose Garden news conference trumpeting the trade deal struck to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, Trump said tariffs on steel and aluminum would stay “until such time as we can do something different,” perhaps quotas. U.S. stocks DJIA, +0.21% rose sharply Monday after the deal — which must be ratified by Congress — was unveiled.

See:Dow and S&P near record heights after U.S. and Canada reach trade-pact terms.

Trump defended his tariffs against other nations even as he hailed the deal to replace Nafta, now named the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA. Trump was also asked if China could avoid more than $200 billion in extra tariffs, but was non-committal. “We’ll see what happens with China,” Trump said. He emphasized the U.S. wants a “fair deal” with Beijing.

Trump credited the threat of tariffs for the success of the new agreement. “Without tariffs, we wouldn’t be talking about a deal, just for the babies out there that keep talking about tariffs,” he said. As recently as last week, Trump had threatened tariffs on all automotive imports from Canada.

Read:What’s new, and what’s not, in Trump’s Nafta do-over with Canada.

And see: Everything you need to know to sound smart about tariffs.

‘COMPROMISING’ SITUATION ALLEGED

While defending his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Trump said he’d seen an unnamed Democratic senator in “very, very bad situations” that were “compromising.” Asked the name of the senator, Trump said “I think I’ll save it for a book like everyone else.”

Trump also said he’s open to the FBI interviewing all three women who have accused Kavanaugh of misconduct. “I have a very open mind,” he said about an investigation of Kavanaugh, who has repeatedly denied allegations of sexual misconduct. The judge and college professor Christine Blasey Ford testified last week about an alleged incident when both were teenagers.

The White House authorized the FBI to interview anyone it deems necessary, as long as the review is finished by the end of the week, the New York Times reported. That directive came after Democrats criticized the administration for limiting the scope of the probe.

Also see:White House questioned over score of FBI’s investigation into Kavanaugh.