President Donald Trump has effectively maneuvered his confrontational encounter at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy so that it ultimately will “result in good things,” Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., told Newsmax on Tuesday.

McCormick, who is a member of the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services Committees, told “Newsline” that “Zelenskyy misplayed [his hand] dramatically” at his meeting in the White House.

McCormick emphasized that he has “been in support of Ukraine all along, [but] I think [Zelenskyy’s behavior] is absolutely the wrong way to go about it. He fumbled the ball at the 1-yard line. I think he has ability to recover now.”

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