Obama doubles down on his Cheesecake Factory jab at Trump, mocking the 'whole-of-government response' at a Georgia midterm rally
Ken Paxton with Donald Trump, who campaigned for him at a Texas rally. Elon Musk has poured at least $158 million into the contest backing Paxton, who drew mockery after telling the crowd America celebrated its 200th…Obama takes the stage at a Georgia midterm rally as Democrats face scrutiny over alleged ballot-splitting schemes threatening Senate races across the country.
Obama, campaigning in Georgia for Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, revealed that the White House rang Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to demand he hold a press conference outside a Cheesecake Factory — all because of a joke comparing White House renovations to Saddam Hussein opening the restaurant chain. Obama told the crowd of between 3,500 and 4,000 people that Trump 'wasn't even mad about the Saddam Hussein comparison' but erupted over the Cheesecake Factory gag. He then turned his fire on Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, mocking him for being 'laser-focused' on troops' jawlines, testosterone levels and live-streaming executions.
Trump, rallying the same night in Chillicothe, Ohio, bragged he 'aced' cognitive tests, claiming Obama and Republicans 'couldn't have passed them.'
Republicans are privately alarmed, with one reportedly warning 'we may have lost the plot here' over Trump's closing rally messages.
