🗞️ Story file #935
Trump criticizes Obama's Cheesecake Factory remark
Oct 24, 11 PM ET to Oct 28, 6 AM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 20outlets carried it
- 🫏11 · 3 · 5🐘left · center · right
- 3.3 dayson the front pages
- 17front pages at once, at its peak
- 93 minof TV captions
- 2radio newscasts
- 185people retold it online
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 24, 11 PM ETfirst on a front page: Newsweek
- Oct 25, 9 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
- Oct 26, 8 AM ETretold online by 185 people
- Oct 26, 11 PM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
- Oct 27, 8 PM ETpeak: on 17 front pages
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
📌 linked by aggregators: Google News Political Wire
💬 quoted: “Cheesecake Factory” 4 “Filth!” 3 “a very successful company.” “Can you believe it?” “He Doesn't Notice the Dirt and Filth that Hadn't Been Cleaned” 2 “Shows why you were a lousy president” “Stupid” “Like Saddam Hussein Opened a Cheesecake Factory!” 3
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 white house
✏️ 10 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Crooks and Liars (2 wordings): “Obama: White House Looks Like Saddam Hussein Opened A Cheesecake Factory” → “'Filth!' Trump Triggered As Obama Hits Decor As Dictator-inspired 'Cheesecake Factory'”
- HuffPost (4 wordings): “Obama Says White House Looks Like ‘Saddam Hussein Opened A Cheesecake Factory’” → “Sure Looks Like Obama’s ‘Cheesecake Factory’ Diss Got Under Trump’s Skin”
- Mediaite (2 wordings): “‘Like Saddam Hussein Opened a Cheesecake Factory!’ Barack Obama Roasts Trump’s Decorating Skills At Ohio Rally” → “Trump Rages Against ‘Stupid’ Obama: ‘For You To Say It’s a Cheesecake Factory…’”
- New York Post (2 wordings): “Trump fires back at Obama over ‘Cheesecake Factory’ jab about White House: ‘Shows why you were a lousy president’” → “Trump blasted Obama for bringing the Cheesecake Factory into the argument, calling it “a very successful company.””
- Newsweek (2 wordings): “Obama Mocks Trump White House Renovations With ‘Cheesecake Factory’ Joke” → “Trump Admin Goes on Offensive Over Obama Cheesecake Factory Remark”
- Raw Story (2 wordings): “Obama roasts Trump’s gold-drenched White House with brutal Saddam Hussein comparison” → “'Filth!' Trump triggered as Obama hits decor as dictator-inspired 'Cheesecake Factory'”
- The Hill (7 wordings): “Obama on Trump White House: ‘Like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory’” → “Obama’s Cheesecake Factory jab spurs a midterm spat”
- The Washington Post (2 wordings): “Trump defends White House redecorating — and Cheesecake Factory — from Obama’s mocking” → “Trump defends White House redecorating — and Cheesecake Factory — from Obama’s mocking - The Washington Post”
- USA Today (3 wordings): “Obama’s Cheesecake Factory jab at Trump” → “Trump team fires back after Obama's Cheesecake Factory dig”
- Yahoo News (3 wordings): “President Trump defends White House redecorating after Obama's Cheesecake Factory jab” → “How the Cheesecake Factory got dragged into a spat involving Trump and Obama days before the midterms”
Every outlet's first headline (20), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Obama Says White House Looks Like ‘Saddam Hussein Opened A Cheesecake Factory’ Oct 24, 4 PM ET
Raw Story
Obama roasts Trump’s gold-drenched White House with brutal Saddam Hussein comparison Oct 24, 9 PM ET
The Atlantic
Trump’s Cheesecake Factory Dissent Oct 27, 2 PM ET
The Guardian
Trump lashes out at Obama for joking that White House looks ‘like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory’ Oct 26, 7 PM ET
Axios
How the Cheesecake Factory got dragged into a midterms food fight Oct 26, 5 PM ET
Business Insider
Cherry on top: Cheesecake Factory dishes out an earnings win from the center of the Obama-Trump controversy Oct 27, 9 PM ET
Mediaite
‘Like Saddam Hussein Opened a Cheesecake Factory!’ Barack Obama Roasts Trump’s Decorating Skills At Ohio Rally Oct 24, 5 PM ET
The Independent
Trump rants at Obama for comparing president’s White House decor to a Cheesecake Factory: 'Can you believe it?' Oct 26, 10 PM ET
The Washington Post
Trump defends White House redecorating — and Cheesecake Factory — from Obama’s mocking Oct 26, 10 PM ET
USA Today
Obama’s Cheesecake Factory jab at Trump Oct 26, 2 PM ET
Yahoo News
President Trump defends White House redecorating after Obama's Cheesecake Factory jab Oct 27, 10 AM ET
Newsweek
Obama Mocks Trump White House Renovations With ‘Cheesecake Factory’ Joke Oct 24, 11 PM ET
Scripps News
America Votes Trump fires back after Obama compares White House to Cheesecake Factory Joe St. George Oct 27, 11 AM ET
The Hill
Obama on Trump White House: ‘Like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory’ Oct 24, 6 PM ET
The Sun
HIT BACK Trump slams Obama after ex pres said 'White House looks like Cheesecake Factory' Oct 25, 11 AM ET
Washington Examiner
Trump hits back at Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke: ‘He doesn’t understand’ Oct 26, 11 PM ET
Fox News
Obama likens Trump's White House renovations to Saddam's 'Cheesecake Factory' Oct 24, 8 PM ET
New York Post
Trump fires back at Obama over ‘Cheesecake Factory’ jab about White House: ‘Shows why you were a lousy president’ Oct 26, 5 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
WATCH: Trump Shreds Obama for Cheesecake Factory Comments, “He Doesn’t Notice the Dirt and Filth that Hadn’t Been Cleaned” Oct 26, 10 PM ET
Crooks and Liars
Obama: White House Looks Like Saddam Hussein Opened A Cheesecake Factory Oct 25, 1 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- TRUMP ON OBAMA'S "CHEESECAKE FACTORY" DIG: HE'S "STUPID" CNN, 17 min
- TRUMP SLAMS OBAMA OVER CHEESECAKE FACTORY JAB: "NOT A SMART GUY" CNN, 7 min
- "DIRTY, FILTHY AND BROKEN". TRUMP RIPS OBAMA'S WH AFTER CHEESECAKE FACTORY REMARK Fox News, 6 min
- BESSENT GASTS SELF AS VOICE FOR CRESCENT FACTORY DINERS MSNOW, 5 min
- CHEESECAKE CHEAP SHOT. TRUMP RIPS OBAMA FOR COMPARING WH TO RESTAURANT CHAIN Fox News, 5 min
- TRUMP SPENDS 10+ MINS TALKING RENOVATIONS AFTER OBAMA'S HGTV JOKE CNN, 5 min
- OBAMA CRITICISM SPARKS FAUX OUTRAGE FROM TRUMP ADMIN MSNOW, 4 min
- TRUMP RESPONDS TO OBAMA'S CHEESECAKE FACTORY MSNOW, 4 min
📻 On the radio
- ABC News Update, Oct 27, 3:32 AM ET: the lead
- ABC News Update, Oct 26, 11:32 PM ET: the lead
🧶 Retelling
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- 🧩 Elitist
🧶 online
“Barack Obama mocked Donald Trump's White House renovations as looking like Saddam Hussein had opened a Cheesecake Factory.” - 🧩 Food fight
🧶 online
“Barack Obama mocked Donald Trump's White House renovations as looking like Saddam Hussein had opened a Cheesecake Factory.” - 🧩 Ozymandias
🧶 online
“Barack Obama mocked Donald Trump's White House renovations as looking like Saddam Hussein had opened a Cheesecake Factory.”
🧶 Retold online
- Barack Obama mocked Donald Trump's White House renovations as looking like Saddam Hussein had opened a Cheesecake Factory. Oct 26: told by 185 people
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