Blinken Says Trump’s Case ‘Did Not Come Up’ in Talks With NATO Allies

Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press conference after a Foreign Ministers meeting at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation headquarters in Brussels, on April 5, 2023. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on April 5 that the topic of former President Donald Trump facing criminal charges did not come up during a meeting with NATO allies.

Blinken was in Brussels to take part in the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting, as well as to attend a ceremony marking Finland’s accession to the NATO military alliance. The timing of his overseas trip coincided with Trump’s arraignment in New York on April 4, when the former president was charged with 34 accounts of falsifying business records related to payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign.