WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-a member of the U.S. Senate Committees on Foreign Relations (SFRC) and Armed Services (SASC)-today released the following statement as Donald Trump continues to escalate his outrageous threats to take over Greenland from NATO ally Denmark, including new tariffs on eight European allies:

"Donald Trump's escalating and increasingly erratic threats to take Greenland by force and economic coercion are as nonsensical as they are dangerous. Not only do the Greenlandic people not want a Trump takeover, but they could not be clearer that they are eager to strengthen their partnership with the United States to achieve the security an...