Former President Barack Obama , on October 28, responded to the Cheesecake Factory row that the Donald Trump administration had raised over his remark.
Not to inflation, but to that joke. The White House even called the Secretary of the Treasury. This is the man who is in charge of the economy. The person who’s supposed to be figuring out how to make your life more affordable. The guy who’s supposed to be figuring out how to lower inflation. And reduce interest rates. Just gold everywhere,” while campaigning for Democrats in Ohio. However, the backlash grew to claim that Obama was out of touch and was mocking a restaurant for regular people. Conservative political strategist Corinne Clark Barron wrote on X “KEEP THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY OUT OF YOUR ELITIST MOUTH. Amid the backlash over Obama’s Cheesecake Factory remark, Trump’s own comments about food prices at his Florida club, Mar-a-Lago have come into focus. You’ll be my guest. I’m not even sure you could buy that! No, don’t go there. It’s not a good place if you’re price conscious.”
Speaking in Georgia, ahead of the November 3 midterms, Obama said “They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke. The problem is that for $5,000 the most you’ll be able to buy is a hamburger and maybe a small dessert.
They told him he should hold a press conference in front of the Cheesecake Factory. He’d said “He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory. When Trump was asked about Obama’s remarks, he’d said the work was done by the “finest artisans” and Obama “doesn’t notice dirt and filth. New York Post columnist Lydia Moynihan said the remarks showed “how elitist he and the party that he continues to lead has become”. Speaking about affordability before the midterms, Trump said “You could even come to Mar-a-Lago.
