Trump Hits Back at Obama over Saddam 'Cheesecake Factory' Jab
- On Monday, President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended White House renovations after former President Barack Obama mocked the decor Saturday, comparing the residence to a "Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory."
- During a Saturday rally in Ohio, Obama mocked the President's affinity for gold decor and ballroom construction, claiming the renovations made the White House resemble a chain restaurant.
- Bessent visited The Cheesecake Factory on Monday to defend the chain, later criticizing the 225-foot "Obamalisk" Obama Presidential Center as looking like "Darth Vader's tomb."
- The projected price tag for the Obama Presidential Center has surged from $350 million to more than $1 billion, while Trump insisted he maintains the White House using "the finest artisans in the world."
- This dispute unfolds days before the November 3 midterm elections, where Democrats are expected to make significant gains amid voter unhappiness with high costs that have pressured the President's approval ratings.
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Barack Obama previously compared the White House interior to the Cheesecake Factory restaurant.
Obama mocks Trump’s reaction after saying current White House looks like 'The Cheesecake Factory'
Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump are currently campaigning for the November 3 US midterm elections. As expected, the two senior politicians have traded jabs while addressing supporters at rallies for their respective candidates. During a campaign stop in Cleveland, Ohio, Obama mocked Trump’s White House renovations, saying that the current president has...
Barack Obama made waves after attending several rallies, before the November 3 elections, which will decide control over Congress, and the Republicans hastened to answer them. Former President Barack Obama responded Wednesday to the wave of reactions caused by a joke made recently in the election campaign about the ...
A joke about the gold decoration of the White House sparked a feud between the former US president and Trump, ahead of the midterm elections.
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SIC NotíciasObama and Trump starred in a blizzard that once again exposed the rivalry between the two. The former Democratic President ironed about the decoration of the White House and blamed the Republican Administration for rising prices, leading Trump to respond with criticism to the predecessor's legacy.
‘Pitch Perfect!’ Critics Delight as Obama Mocks Trump’s Cheesecake Factory Joke ‘Tantrum’
Obama took swipe at Trump for apparently taking more offense at his White House reno being compared to the restaurant chain than the work of an Iraqi dictator. The post ‘Pitch Perfect!’ Critics Delight as Obama Mocks Trump’s Cheesecake Factory Joke ‘Tantrum’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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