Obama's 'Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory' jab at Trump's gold White House backfires with conservatives branding him a snob

Scott Jennings mocked Barack Obama as 'undefeated at condescending to regular folks', claiming he has never set foot in a Cheesecake Factory. Critics turned on Obama's own Chicago presidential centre, ridiculed as the 'Death Star' and costed at $850 million. Even former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau called the Ohio rally line 'elitist and condescending'. Laura Loomer said the chain is somewhere Americans can afford.

President Donald Trump hit back on Truth Social: 'Obama was a grossly incompetent President!'

Trump told a Georgia rally that Obama's Detroit event for Abdul El-Sayed was 'empty'.

Trump is to rally Republicans in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday, days before the 3 November vote.