WASHINGTON — Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is among those criticizing President Donald Trump’s push to impose tariffs on America’s top trading partners.

In an interview with Lesley Stahl with CBS News’ "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday, he said the fees imposed on imports will drive costs up.

“In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers,” McConnell said. “I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?”  

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that the 25% tariff Trump planned to impose was on hold for a month following conversations with Trump. 

Last month, McConnell bucked both his party and Trump, when he was one of three Republicans to vote against Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

It’s not clear how McConnell plans to vote on other controversial nominees like former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence or environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services.

McConnell is a polio survivor, and Kennedy has previously criticized vaccines.

“Vaccines are critically important to health, to having normal lives,” McConnell told Stahl.

A recent biography of McConnell said the senator had referred to Trump as a “‘despicable human being.’” Still, McConnell endorsed him for president last year.

Although McConnell said he plans to be more outspoken after stepping down from serving as the Senate’s Republican leader, he signaled he won’t stray very far from Trump.

“I expect to support most of what this administration is trying to accomplish, so what happened in the past is irrelevant to me,” McConnell told "60 Minutes."            

As for Trump’s move to pardon people involved in the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, McConnell said what happened that day was an "insurrection" and pardoning people who have been convicted is a “mistake.”