JD Vance fires back at Barack Obama as 'super elitist' over the former president's Cheesecake Factory jibe at Trump

Barack Obama, who walked back the dig at a Georgia rally by saying the Cheesecake Factory had been "my jam for about a decade" where he had raised two daughters.

Obama spent five minutes at a Georgia rally mocking the White House's gold-heavy décor, revealing that Trump's team had dispatched Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to hold a press conference outside a Cheesecake Factory in response to the original joke. Vance, speaking at a Texas town hall on Fox News, called Obama "super elitist" for mocking the chain, then admitted he quite likes the Cheesecake Factory himself. Obama had already softened his jibe by calling the restaurant "my jam for about a decade" while raising daughters Sasha and Malia — Vance pounced, saying Obama had clocked the blunder.

Trump's best counter was calling Cheesecake Factory "a very successful company" and claiming Obama "doesn't like successful companies."

Obama's original 24 October Ohio quip — that Trump has the White House looking like "Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory" — sparked what he called "a whole of government response."

Vance's parting shot: "Leave us alone, Barack!" — with Jesse Watters joking that the next town hall should take place inside a Cheesecake Factory.

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