U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Wyden Statement on Trump’s Greenland Extortion Threat
January 20,2026
Wyden Statement on Trump's Greenland Extortion Threat
MEMORANDUM
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To: |
Reporters and Editors |
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From: |
Keith Chu, Office of Senate Finance Ranking Member Ron Wyden |
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Date: |
January 17, 2026 |
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Wyden Statement on Trump's Greenland Extortion Threat |
Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today issued the following statement in response to Donald Trump's threat to impose up to 25 percent tariffs on products Americans buy from eight European allies.
"Once again, Donald Trump is abusing power and hiking costs and taxes on Americans to advance a pointless imperialist fantasy. As the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee I'll use every tool available to overturn these corrupt, illegal tariffs.
"Threatening our longstanding allies makes every American less safe and fractures the alliances that are essential to containing Russia and China. Every member of Congress must immediately repudiate the administration's deranged campaign against Greenland."
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