Bessent dines at Cheesecake Factory, slams Obama over Trump joke
Cheesecake Factory has emerged as a campaign talking point before next week's election, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dining there Monday.
- 1. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized former President Barack Obama's comparison of President Donald Trump's White House renovations to the Cheesecake Factory.
- 2. Obama had said Trump's White House renovations, with their extensive use of gold, made it look like 'Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.'
- 3. Trump defended his White House redesign, stating, 'Guys like Obama don't see it. You don't see dirt. He doesn't see filth. He doesn't see broken ornaments on a building.'
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