Obama's Cheesecake Factory Jab at Trump's White House Décor Fuels Back-and-Forth Before Midterms
Photo: MS NOWFormer President Barack Obama mocked President Donald Trump's gold-heavy White House renovations at a Democratic rally in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, saying the building looked like Saddam Hussein had opened a Cheesecake Factory. Obama was campaigning for Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor, who faces Republican Vivek Ramaswamy. He said Trump was focused on home renovations rather than lowering prices. On Monday, Trump told reporters that only a stupid person and a lousy president would run the country as Obama did. On Wednesday, with Election Day less than a week away, Obama campaigned in Georgia for Senate candidate Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms. He said the administration had not denied that tariffs were raising costs for families or answered his corruption accusations, and that officials mounted a government-wide response to the joke but not to inflation. Trump spoke at an Ohio rally the same day, defending his renovations and praising his own intelligence. On Thursday, the Daily Beast, citing financial disclosures, reported that Trump bought up to $175,000 of Cheesecake Factory stock last year.
The right-leaning Daily Wire frames the story as an even exchange. Its headline pairs the Cheesecake Factory line with Trump's "arts and crafts" retort, and it centers on Wednesday's dueling rallies. It quotes Obama on tariffs, corruption and the "whole of government" response, and notes Trump's defense of the renovations. It does not mention the stock purchase or the Ramaswamy ad. The left-leaning outlets focus on Trump. MS NOW's headline reads the joke as calling Trump authoritarian, wasteful and tacky. HuffPost leads with Trump's irritation and the Daily Beast stock report, uses words like "gaudy" and "meltdown," and adds the Ramaswamy ad dispute. Both sides quote Obama's joke and tie it to prices and priorities. Alternative and independent outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left- and right-leaning outlets had.
How the sides differ Right sources frame a two-sided exchange of barbs; left sources stress Trump's renovations and stock purchase; alternative sources had not covered it.
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MS NOW reads Obama's joke as a pointed critique of Trump as authoritarian, wasteful and tacky. HuffPost leads with Trump's angry reaction and a Daily Beast report on his Cheesecake Factory stock purchase.
Not covering this story. None of the alternative or independent outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
- Washington ExaminerIf you like your Cheesecake Factory, you can keep your Cheesecake Factory
Daily Wire presents a balanced-sounding exchange of barbs between Trump and Obama at Wednesday rallies, quoting Obama on tariffs, corruption and the White House response, and noting Trump's defense of his renovations.