Obama mocks Trump team’s Cheesecake Factory response
Oct 29, 2026
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AI GeneratedThe speaker describes a surreal situation where the White House launched a \"whole of government\" response to a joke about the Cheesecake Factory. Rather than focusing on economic issues like inflation or interest rates, the administration reportedly prioritized defending the \"artisans\" of the White House, even suggesting the Secretary of the Treasury hold a press conference at the restaurant.
He was very upset about the Cheesecake Factory comments.
He took great umbrage.
He said, I didn't understand the work
of the artisans in the White House.
And they mobilized, this was, I mean,
it's all crazy, but this was the really crazy part.
They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke.
Not to inflation, but to that joke.
The White House even called
the Secretary of the Treasury.
This is the man who is in charge of the economy.
The person who's supposed to be figuring out how
to make your life more affordable.
The guy who's supposed to be figuring out how to lower inflation
and reduce interest rates.
They told him he should hold a press conference
in front of the Cheesecake Factory.
No, y'all didn't see this.
This really happened.
And...