Obama jabs Trump with arts and crafts remark
The gist
Former president Barack Obama said Trump's White House looks like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.
Trump hit back on Truth Social and to reporters.
How it unfolded
- Oct 24, 2026At a Cleveland rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, Obama said Trump had the White House "looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory" because of all the gold.
- Oct 26, 2026Trump responded on Truth Social, calling Obama "a grossly incompetent President" who "paid off Iran with $Billions."
- Oct 26, 2026Rick McCormack, the Cheesecake Factory's former vice president of design, told CNN he found the comparison "a little bit sad" and called it "the pettiness of politics."