Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken exited a beach at the behest of a lifeguard on Friday after it had been closed due to hurricane conditions.
Photographs showed Blinken, who served under former President Joe Biden’s administration, relaxing on Georgica Beach in East Hampton, New York, alongside a friend, the New York Post reported. A lifeguard and parked patrol vehicle drove up alongside Blinken and his friend, and photos showed them both packing up their belongings and leaving the beach.
The beaches reopened a day later on Saturday, Fox News reported. Georgica Beach, along with many other beaches in the East Hampton area, had been closed for several days due to the hazardous conditions caused by Hurricane Erin.
NEW – Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off from East Hampton’s Georgica Beach — New York Post pic.twitter.com/0NGHImdh4A
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 23, 2025
Ex-Biden Sec’y of State Antony Blinken kicked off Hamptons beach.
The ex-Biden official and a pal were on the sand Friday when they were ordered to get out by a lifeguard patrol. pic.twitter.com/C26vdriEDl— Blanche Victoria (@tammytabby) August 24, 2025
The beach opened for “foot traffic” on midday Friday after the tide had waned out, a spokesperson for East Hampton Village’s Main Beach Office told Fox News. Photographs showed large waves crashing against the shore behind Blinken and his friend.
Hurricane Erin became the first Atlantic storm of 2025 and became a Category 5 storm with sustained winds of 160 mph on Aug. 16. Waves measured 15 to 20 feet on the East Coast and battered beaches and surrounding areas.
Blinken has received scrutiny in the past for his leisure time. In 2021, he vacationed in the Hamptons just hours before the Taliban took over Kabul, Afghanistan, following the U.S.’ withdrawal from the area. The former secretary of state also played a guitar at a bar in Kyiv, Ukraine, in May 2024 as war waged on there against Russia.
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