'WE RE-SKINNED IT': PRESIDENT DESCRIBES WHITE HOUSE RENOVATION IN TERMS LAST USED BY HANNIBAL LECTER
Stung by Barack Obama likening his White House makeover to 'Saddam Hussein opening a Cheesecake Factory', Donald Trump hit back, calling Obama a 'lousy president' and explaining his own design philosophy: 'We re-skinned it.' He added that he is 'a very clean person' and the building is in 'the best shape it's been since 1792', which, as Newsweek notes, is the year they started building it. The Cheesecake Factory, for its part, can hardly complain about the free advertising.
THE BORING BIT: WHAT THE REAL REPORT SAYS
After Barack Obama compared Trump's White House renovations to 'Saddam Hussein opening a Cheesecake Factory', Trump called him a 'lousy president', said 'We re-skinned it', described himself as 'a very clean person' and claimed the building was in 'the best shape it's been since 1792'.
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REAL STORY Newsweek · 24 Oct 2026: “Donald Trump Responds to Obama's 'Cheesecake Factory' Jab—'Lousy President'”
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