{"id":1579,"date":"2026-10-26T22:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T22:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/trump-hits-back-at-obama-over-saddam-cheesecake-factory-jab\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T22:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T22:01:34","slug":"trump-hits-back-at-obama-over-saddam-cheesecake-factory-jab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/26\/trump-hits-back-at-obama-over-saddam-cheesecake-factory-jab\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hits back at Obama over Saddam \u2018Cheesecake Factory\u2019 jab"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"CNN,<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump hit back at Barack Obama on Monday after the former president jokingly said his successor\u2019s White House looked as if it were a cheesecake restaurant run by Saddam Hussein.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor you to say it\u2019s a Cheesecake Factory, that just shows why you were a lousy president,\u201d Trump said in a three-minute diatribe when asked about Obama\u2019s comments over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cGuys like Obama, they would pass the front door, they would see the broken masonry\u2026 He doesn\u2019t notice dirt and filth where the walls haven\u2019t been cleaned for years,\u201d Trump told reporters as he headed for his latest midterm election rally.<\/p>\n

Cheesecake Factory is a popular restaurant chain known for its lengthy list of indulgent dishes and an eclectic interior design.<\/p>\n

Obama made a series of scathing criticisms of Republican Trump\u2019s \u201cchaos and cruelty\u201d as he hit the stump for Democrats in Ohio and Michigan ahead of next week\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

But it was Obama\u2019s jabs at billionaire Trump\u2019s prized renovations at the White House \u2014 including building a massive ballroom and adding gold-leafed ornamentation throughout the Oval Office \u2014 that really appeared to sting.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory,\u201d Obama said on Saturday, referring to the Iraqi dictator who was executed in 2006 following the US invasion of Iraq.<\/p>\n

Trump has long had a bitter rivalry with Obama.<\/p>\n

He launched his own political career by pushing the racist and false \u201cbirther\u201d conspiracy theory that the Democrat was lying about being born in the United States.<\/p>\n

But Trump\u2019s rant over the cheesecake comments was also a sign of the 80-year-old\u2019s increasingly short temper as the midterms loom.<\/p>\n

On Sunday night, Trump sent his longest ever post on his Truth Social network \u2014 a 1,300-word screed in which he railed not about Iran or the economy but about US comedian Bill Maher.<\/p>\n

Last week Trump also lashed out at a series of reporters as he faced questions about the midterms, in which Republicans face losing control of Congress, and his dealings with Russia.<\/p>\n

AFP<\/p>\n

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