Republican Sen. David McCormick defended Donald Trump’s latest controversial moves in a rare interview, including the president’s $230 million request for the Justice Department to pay his legal bills, the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, and his party’s handling of the government shutdown.

He also compared Democrats to “terrorists” in the tense stalemate over reopening the government — though he later walked that back.

But the Pennsylvania freshman, who won his seat last fall by about 15,000 votes, sings a different tune when it comes to his one-time political rival Sen. John Fetterman.

“My position has been from Day 1 — open up the government. That’s where Sen. Fetterman, my counterpart, Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, has been,” McCormick told CNN’s Manu Raju in a wide-ranging interview for “Inside Politics Sunday,” adding that he would take the same tack if he were a member of the minority party.

Fetterman has now voted 12 times with Republicans on a short-term bill to extend current government funding levels through November 21.

“He’s had the courage to stand up for what he believes in. We have found common ground, and when we find it, we work together,” McCormick said of Fetterman, whom he calls “an extraordinary partner.”

He dodged repeatedly when asked whether he thinks Fetterman, who hasn’t yet said he’ll run for a second term in three years, should be reelected.

“I trust him. Can’t always say that about people in Washington these days. I trust John Fetterman to do what he thinks is right and what he thinks is right for Pennsylvania,” he said.

McCormick emphasized that Fetterman, who insists he’ll remain a Democrat despite mounting disagreements with his caucus, is “not a conservative by any stretch” and said he hasn’t urged him to change parties.

“What we agree on is that where we can find common ground, we’re going to work together for Pennsylvania. And that’s, unfortunately, more rare these days than it should be,” he lamented.