Obama says Trump objected to Cheesecake Factory, not Saddam comparison

WSB-TV's rally clip captures the former president defending the restaurant before turning the joke toward the cost of eating out.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 58,200 views a day, 26 times a normal first day on this channel (2,227).

Obama teases Trump about Cheesecake Factory

Barack Obama finds an unlikely distinction in the response to his White House decor joke: which half of the comparison caused offense.

Speaking in Clayton County, Georgia, he recalls comparing Donald Trump's White House to a Cheesecake Factory opened by Saddam Hussein. Obama then tells the crowd that, as he understands it, the restaurant reference was the part that upset the president.

WSB-TV's Short, "Obama teases Trump about Cheesecake Factory," drew roughly 56,000 views before its first day was over, far beyond the Atlanta station's usual audience for Shorts.

The clip includes Obama's defense of the chain, delivered through memories of meals out while raising his daughters. Chuck E. Cheese and California Pizza Kitchen also make his list. He is not, he insists, dismissing the places families enjoy.

Then he turns from restaurant decor to restaurant bills: "The real problem is prices have gotten so high, a lot of folks can barely afford to go out to eat."

Obama argues that the administration has focused on his joke rather than answering his criticism of tariffs and rising costs. WSB-TV's brief edit preserves that pivot, from a punchline about the White House to an argument about household budgets.

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The numbers

The rally clip drew an unusually large audience for a WSB-TV Short, with comments also arriving well above the channel's usual first-day pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,227

this video

58,200

subscribers

393,000

▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days

total views

405,551,214

views per day

651,400

typical day: 458,512

the video

views

56,345

likes

691

comments

198

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

WCCO - CBS Minnesota

422,000

FOX 13 Seattle

403,000

WSB-TV

393,000

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

390,000

CP24

382,000

CBS Boston

377,000

As of October 30, 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.