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“Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory”

Barack Obama · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-01

Obama joked at a Cleveland rally that Trump's gold-encrusted White House renovations made it look as if Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.

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