President Donald Trump’s private golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, is claiming to be the victim of a “politically motivated attack” after receiving a “conditionally satisfactory” score during a routine health inspection. the Somerset County Department of Health gave Trump’s Bedminster Golf Club a score of 32 out of 100 points, and cited 18 food safety violations during an initial inspection that took place May 6. The inspector rated the club’s kitchen as “conditionally satisfactory,” meaning that the establishment needed to fix significant issues with their operations before a random, follow up nspection to fix their “C” grade. The citations, which were first reported by Forbes, included a comment from the inspector that the “Person in Charge” (PIC) — in this case Chef Andy Kotarski — “fails to demonstrate knowledge of food safety,” and lacked a manager-level certificate indicating they had gone through proper training. In fact, the inspector wrote that “no one at the facility [had a] Food manager level certification at the time of inspections.” Other violations included the absence of soap and paper towels next to sinks for staff to wash their hands in, missing “employees must wash hands” signs, expired milk in the fridge, raw meats stored in a manner that risked cross-contamination with other ready to eat food items, improperly stored items, and other sanitation violations regarding the required temperature of dishwashers, the handling of cleaning supplies, and employee bathrooms. Some of the issues were fixed during the inspection, but others were not resolved until a follow-up review that took place this week — in which the club was granted a rating of 86/100 — an upgrade from a “C” to a “B.” Some issues still remained. The inspector marked that some food preparation surfaces were not properly cleaned and sanitized, and that food required to be “temperature controlled” to avoid bacteria growth were not “maintained at ‘refrigeration temperatures.’” In a statement to The New York Times, Bedminster General Manager David Schutzenhofer said that “this is clearly nothing more than a politically motivated attack.” “Never before have we witnessed such visceral hostility from the Health Department,” Schutzenhofer added. “We operate one of the most immaculate golf facilities in the country, and we take immense pride in our standards of cleanliness, safety and hospitality.” Given that the president is infamous for throwing his meals across the room in fits of rage, one could be forgiven for suspecting that food safety standards are not top-of-mind at the Trump organization.