Obama mocks Trump over the White House — and then comes the moment that stunned him

At a rally in Atlanta, former US President Barack Obama recounted how the Trump administration mobilized a full government response to his joke about White House design, instead of addressing allegations of corruption and inflation. According to Obama, the White House instructed the Treasury Secretary to hold a press conference in front of a Cheesecake Factory.

At a campaign rally in Atlanta, former US President Barack Obama described the Trump administration's reaction to a joke he made about the White House's design. Obama said he compared the White House's design to Saddam Hussein's compound and a Cheesecake Factory, but the government's response surprised him: instead of addressing allegations of corruption and rising prices, the White House mobilized an official response to the joke, including contacting the Treasury Secretary and instructing him to hold a press conference in front of a Cheesecake Factory branch. Obama dismissed claims of elitism, noting he had eaten at Cheesecake Factory with his daughters for a decade. The article does not include an official response from the White House or the Trump administration.