Where is RFK Jr.? I’ll bet he’s nowhere near the dining room at Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club. Nor I suspect will he have any desire to dine at Mar a Lago or Trump National in the DC area. It’s not the first time, but once again we see a kitchen at a Trump property failing a food safety inspection. No worries MAGA goobers. I’m certain Trumpty’s meals are specially prepared by a personal chef and NOT in the regular kitchen that feeds the visitors to his places!
According to this article from The Daily Beast Trump Bedminster’s kitchen was cited for eighteen, EIGHTEEN violations! Since this inspection was conducted at the local/state level Trump couldn’t stop it. Worse, he couldn’t prevent the results from being posted online. Public records and all that I guess:
An online report from a May 6 health inspection visit reveals that the club—one of three clubs the Republican president owns in the state—received a 32 out of 100 from the Somerset County Department of Health. Half of the club’s violations were warned to be critical, with the possibility of resulting in “an unacceptable health risk.”
The Daily Beast pointed out this was the lowest score of 115 establishments that were inspected. How bad were things? Well, drawing on reporting by Forbes the linked Daily Beast article also contains this:
Forbes reported that an inspector noted in the report that the person in charge of the club’s food and beverage service “fails to demonstrate knowledge of food safety.” Adding to that, the inspector added that the sheer number of violations that the club was issued was a violation in and of itself.
I got a kick out of that last sentence. So many violations being its own violation! Not so funny for people who ate there during the time before that inspection took place! I said earlier this isn’t the first time Trump’s ts have been cited for this kind of stuff. Why anyone would risk eating at one of his places is beyond me. They probably assume he’s eating from the same kitchen that prepares the food they eat. I say no way. Trump knows what sh*tholes those kitchens are. He probably pays the absolute minimum to the staff and there’s not a chance in hell he’d entrust his own meals to THEM!
Well, I hope folks this. Even more I hope that journalist shout out questions to guests heading into one of his bigly events about it. You know stuff like “Since Trump’s kitchens can’t inspection are you going to eat anything?” Hey, they are there to either or suck-up to Trump or both. If it ruins their appetites I’m good with it. I’ll bet you are too.
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Wow, I’ve heard tell of the unsanitary, shoddy conditions at Trump properties, but this is still pretty awful. And to think that people pay good money just to have access to these places.
I don’t really think Bobby Brain-worms has a discriminating pallet.
If they want him to dine there, just put roadkill on the menu.