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Conservatives have slammed Barack Obama for mocking a beloved American institution. But is this restaurant really as tacky as Donald Trump’s White House decor?

Si l'ancien président démocrate s'est moqué des grands chantiers lancés par Donald Trump, ainsi que de ses goûts particuliers en matière de décoration, ce dernier a riposté en qualifiant son prédécesseur en 2017 de "président pourri".

<p>Former US president Barack Obama on Wednesday mocked President Donald Trump for mobilising a government-wide response to his earlier remark that Trump had “got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a <a href="https://www.dawn.com/news/2039697">Cheesecake Factory</a>”.</p> <p>“The White House even called the Secretary of Treasury,” Obama remar

The former president took issue with how President Donald Trump responded to his joke about "the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory."

Obama mocks Trump team’s Cheesecake Factory response

Long before its baroque décor and class identity became midterm talking points, this durable restaurant chain survived some withering critiques.

President Trump is campaigning for Texas gubernatorial candidate Ken Paxton. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe has more analysis.

Cheesecake Factory has emerged as a campaign talking point before next week's election, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dining there Monday.

Campaigning for Democrats in Ohio, the former president accuses the Trump administration of being “defined by incompetence” unseen in modern times.