Trump's Bedminster golf club hit with 18 health code violations, lowest score in county

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News on Jun 4, 2025

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President Trump’s private golf club in Bedminster, N.J. was hit with a remarkable 18 health code violations, nine of them considered “critical,” according to a recent report by the Somerset County Department of Health.

The health department’s grade of 32 out of 100 points made Trump National Golf Course the most poorly rated establishment in Somerset County last month. Out of the roughly 115 retail food establishments inspected, all but two scored 60 or higher, with most in the 80s and 90s.

Inspectors said Trump’s club was out of compliance with many rules regarding food be protected from contamination. Expired milk was found in refrigerators and raw meat wasn’t properly stored.

Handwashing facilities were also not up to par when health officials made their visit, and dishwashers weren’t reaching the required temperature for proper sanitation.

Half of the violations represented critical conditions that can pose a serious health risk.

Online records show six of 52 specific “violation observations” were corrected while inspectors remained on the property. Issues that weren’t addressed onsite were ordered to be fixed within two weeks, with a reinspection set for an unspecified date.

Trump National Golf Course hasn’t responded to a request for comment.

The president often hosts guests and reporters at his New Jersey club, which sits roughly 40 miles west of Manhattan. In August 2020, he infamously held a press conference where journalists were greeted by MAGA loyalists not wearing masks despite the nation being in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trump’s Garden State clubs in Bedminster and Colts Neck were in danger of losing their liquor licenses after the president was convicted on dozens of counts of falsifying business records in 2024.

Despite a state law barring felons from serving and profiting off the sale of alcohol, officials granted the clubs leniency before the Supreme Court expanded the scope of presidential immunity, which awarded Trump an “unconditional discharge” when he was elected for the second time.

Golf Digest calls Bedminster “the highest-ranked Trump-owned golf course” and rated it as the 141st best in America in 2014 before it fell out of the publications listings.

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