October 29, 2026
Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday continued an unusual war of words over the Cheesecake Factory with President Donald Trump, marking the latest development in a battle over White House renovations that turned into a debate about the restaurant. The saga began over the weekend when Obama mocked Trump’s effort to build a ballroom at […]

Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday continued an unusual war of words over the Cheesecake Factory with President Donald Trump, marking the latest development in a battle over White House renovations that turned into a debate about the restaurant.

The saga began over the weekend when Obama mocked Trump’s effort to build a ballroom at the White House, saying the project resembled Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi palaces that were famously littered with gold decor. Trump has the White House “looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory— it’s just gold everywhere,” Obama said during a pit stop in Ohio.

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