EXCLUSIVE — Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) will be traveling to Europe later this month with a delegation of Senate GOP freshmen.

The senators will be making stops in Denmark, Norway, and Finland, according to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH), who disclosed the trip in a brief interview with the Washington Examiner. A spokesperson for Thune declined to comment on the travel plans, but one source familiar with the schedule said the visit also includes a stop in Estonia, while two sources confirmed the delegation is limited to the GOP freshmen and Thune.

The trip is significant, in part, for the countries where senators will be visiting. The travel coincides with increasingly strained relations between Washington and the Kremlin, and each is a member nation of NATO. Thune and mos

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