Ohio, Oct. 24 -- Former US President Barack Obama launched a sharp, satirical attack against Donald Trump's ongoing renovation choices for White House, saying Trump has "got the White House looking like former Iraq President Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory".

Addressing an election campaign in Ohio for the midterms, Obama ridiculed Trump's aesthetic additions and renovations to the executive mansion, quipping that he seemed better suited for home improvement television.

"I don't know if you've noticed, but he seems very focused on home renovations. He should be on HGTV. The guy's building a ballroom that's bigger than the White House. Paved over the Rose Garden, put a helicopter pad on the South Lawn, and there's gold everywhe...