President Donald Trump revealed on Monday evening that he could be amenable to offering foreign countries a third deadline extension protecting them from steep “Liberation Day” tariffs first announced in April. 

The Trump administration initially announced the global tariffs on April 2 before pausing the bulk of the levies a week later and granting countries a 90-day reprieve as the White House engaged with a slew of world leaders clamoring to engage in trade negotiations. On Monday, Trump signed an executive order pushing the second July 9 cutoff to an Aug. 1 deadline despite officials previously suggesting an additional reprieve would likely not happen. 

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When pressed on Monday about whether the latest August deadline might be flexible for negotiation from global partners, Trump said the date was “firm but not 100% firm.”

“If they call up and they say we’d like to do something a different way, I would be open to that. But essentially, that’s the way it is right now,” the president told reporters at the White House during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“I would say final, but if they call with a different offer, and if I like it, we’ll do it,” Trump added as he commented on letters the United States sent to Japan, South Korea, and other allies this week, warning them of looming Liberation Day tariffs. 

In the letters, Trump previewed 25% tariffs on Japan and South Korea, which will take effect in August if they don’t accept his negotiations for trade deals he believes are less biased against the U.S. 

Twelve other countries are receiving similar letters, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who said Myanmar and Laos were sent letters on Monday afternoon advising them that, effective Aug. 1, they face a 40% tariff, South Africa a 30% duty, and Kazakhstan and Malaysia a 25% levy. Cambodia will face rates of 36%, Thailand 36%, and Bangladesh 35%. 

TRUMP SENDS LETTERS TO JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA ANNOUNCING 25% TARIFFS ON AUG. 1

“We’ve already taken in over $100 billion worth of tariffs, and we haven’t even started,” the president said Monday. “And all I say to the other countries is, you know, some of them wanted to make a deal and want to be fair. Others perhaps got a little bit spoiled. They were a little bit spoiled because for 30, 40 years, 50 years, they were taking advantage of the country.” 

The biggest trade deals Trump has secured thus far are with China and the United Kingdom, which were both announced last month.