Obama mocks Trump reaction to Cheesecake Factory joke at Georgia rally
Briefing by News4U · First published
At a suburban Atlanta midterm rally, Barack Obama said Trump's team "mobilized a whole government response" to his Cheesecake Factory jab (First published on Wed 28 Oct 2026; source UTC stamp zero-two-twelve UTC). He backed Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms, The Guardian reported.
Barack Obama, speaking at a Wednesday campaign rally in suburban Atlanta, called Donald Trump and Republicans "not serious people," The Guardian reported (First published on Wed 28 Oct 2026; source UTC stamp zero-two-twelve UTC). About 3,500 to 4,000 people filled the Discovery Center of Clayton county as he campaigned for Senator Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms. [1]
Obama revisited his crack likening Trump's White House renovations to Saddam Hussein decorating a Cheesecake Factory. "The Saddam Hussein thing didn't bother him. But he was very upset about the Cheesecake Factory," he said, adding that officials "mobilized a whole government response to that joke" and that "The White House even called the secretary of the treasury." [1]
He turned the exchange to affordability and corruption, saying: "We have never seen a president so intent on selling favors" and that Trump "has made billions of dollars while in office." Ossoff accused Trump of leading "the most corrupt administration of all time," while Bottoms cast her race against Republican Rick Jackson as a fight against "two out-of-touch billionaires." [1]