“Eat at Joe’s” is a running joke on Looney Tunes and various cartoon studios, so I just couldn’t resist making the connection when I started seeing Forbes and many other news magazines and organizations reporting on the horrible sanitation rating one of President Trump’s golf clubs was given.
They say there’s no such thing as “bad publicity,” but…
It took a month for it to hit the news, but Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey Golf Club scored 32 out of 100 on a Somerset County Health inspection on May 6.
The golf club received, by nearly 30 points, the lowest score of 115 retail eating establishments inspected in Somerset County in May.
Between having expired milk and raw meat stored at 50 degrees F. instead of the required 41 degrees, it’s a wonder people haven’t died of food poisoning.
Half of the 18 health violations in the report were deemed “critical.”
Ironically, three hours after the Forbes article (https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/06/04/trump-health-inspection-violations-golf-club-bedminster/) was published at 8:49 a.m. on June 4, inspectors made a reinspection at the golf club and managed to upgrade the restaurant to 86 out of 100, which is the threshold for obtaining a “B” sanitation rating.
How many of Trump’s rich friends did not feel well after eating there? “It must have been something I ate.”
I would not knowingly eat at a restaurant with less than an “A” sanitation rating. I’m glad I’m not rich enough to eat at a Trump golf club.
Something to cringe about
If this isn’t cringe-worthy, I don’t know what is.
President Trump says he is going to have a new ballroom built at the White House. He claims US Presidents have wanted it for 150 years, but he is the first one who knew how to build it.
If it is half as gaudy as what he has done to the Oval Office, I don’t want to see it. On Truth Social he wrote on June 6 that it “will be compliments of a man known as Donald J. Trump….”
I wouldn’t want to be the contractor, because Trump is known for stiffing the people he owes money.
I sort of wonder about people who speak of themselves using their full names, but I digress.
Something to smile about
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was shipped off to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump Administration by mistake has been returned to the United States to stand trial.
That’s what should have happened before he was sent to prison.
The US Department of Justice is now charging him with human trafficking, according to US Attorney General Pam Bondi.
According to US President Donald Trump on Air Force One yesterday, Kilmar Abrego Garcia “is a terrible person.”
Now, we’ll see if someone labeled “a terrible person” by the US President can get a fair trial. As Americans, that is all we wanted for him. That’s all I would want for myself if I were accused of a crime.
It is a relief to know that, to some degree, we are still a country of laws.
Something to laugh about
After having nothing to laugh about since January 20, President Trump and Elon Musk gave us plenty to laugh about on Thursday. Nothing like fighting in public! It was bound to happen sooner or later. Stay tuned, everybody!
Until my next blog post
Enjoy your weekend. Be careful where you eat!
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Janet
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