Obama's two-city rally reel moves from gold decor to favors

The Washington Post compilation joins Cleveland jokes to sharper Detroit criticism as Obama campaigns ahead of the midterms.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 52,521 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (4,808).

'He should be on HGTV': Obama blasts Trump administration during midterm rallies

Cleveland gets the interior-design jokes. Detroit gets the accusations about selling favors. In the Washington Post's brief compilation, Barack Obama shifts from mocking Donald Trump's White House decor to urging voters to act on his criticism of the administration.

The Short drew about 31,000 views in ten hours, already well beyond the roughly 5,000 the channel's Shorts usually receive across a full first day.

The footage comes from rallies on October 24. In Cleveland, Obama delivers the line in the video's title: "He should be on HGTV." He follows it with a more elaborate jab: "He's got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory."

The jokes give way to policy criticism. Obama blames the administration's actions for rising costs and describes the war as unnecessary. The compilation then switches to Detroit, where he accuses Trump of grifting at taxpayers' expense and selling favors. It closes with Obama pressing the crowd to vote, turning the roast into a campaign appeal.

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The numbers

The rally compilation passed the Washington Post's usual full-day Shorts audience within its first ten hours.

the video's first day

usual first day here

4,808

this video

52,521

subscribers

2,860,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

1,718,408,666

views per day

269,409

typical day: 338,487

the video

views

31,159

likes

666

comments

372

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

CBN News

2,880,000

Washington Post

2,860,000

NewsNation

2,790,000

The Guardian

2,650,000

ABC News (Australia)

2,630,000

New York Post

2,610,000

As of October 26, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.