Obama mocks Trump administration's response to his joke about the Cheesecake Factory

Summary

Former President Barack Obama responded to a Cheesecake Factory row sparked by the Trump administration over a remark by Donald Trump about a hamburger and a small dessert costing $5,000 at Mar-a-Lago, according to Hindustan Times. Campaigning in Georgia for Senator Jon Ossoff five days before the US midterm elections, Obama said Trump was 'very upset about the Cheesecake Factory comments' and that the administration 'mobilized a whole-of-government response to that joke. Not to inflation, but to that joke,' according to France 24. Al Jazeera reports in a video that Obama mocked the Trump team's Cheesecake Factory response. The reports are brief, and the details of Trump's original remark come only from Hindustan Times.

Timeline

1. Hindustan Times

   29 Oct 2026, 01:48 UTCSource ↗

   Hindustan Times reports that former President Barack Obama responded to the Cheesecake Factory row sparked by the Trump administration over Trump's remark about a hamburger and a small dessert costing $5,000 at Mar-a-Lago.

2. Al Jazeera

   29 Oct 2026, 04:30 UTCSource ↗

   Al Jazeera reports in a video that Obama mocked the Trump team's Cheesecake Factory response.

3. France 24

   29 Oct 2026, 12:28 UTCSource ↗

   France 24 reports in a video that Obama said Trump was very upset about the Cheesecake Factory comments and that the administration mobilized a whole-of-government response to a joke rather than to inflation, five days before the US midterm elections.