#TrumpTariffs US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he's open to extending the July 8 deadline for trade talks before higher tariffs kick in, but added that an extension probably won't be "a necessity."

Speaking to reporters ahead of a performance at the Kennedy Center Trump said, "We're rocking in terms of deals. We're dealing with quite a few countries and they all want to make a deal with us."

Despite being open to some flexibility, Trump stressed that he didn't see an extension would be "a necessity."We're dealing with Japan. We're dealing with South Korea. We're dealing with a lot of them. We're dealing with about 15 countries," the US President told the reporters.

Trump further continued that the United States will soon send letters outlining final trade deal terms to dozens of countries. "But as you know, we have about 150-plus, and you can't [make a deal with all of them]. So we're going to be sending letters out in about a week and a half, two weeks, to countries and telling them what the deal is," he said.At a certain point, we're just going to send letters out ... saying, 'This is the deal. You can take it, or you can leave it,'" Trump said. "So at a certain point we'll do that. We're not quite ready," he added.