India, Oct. 27 -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent responded to former President Barack Obama's recent "Cheesecake Factory" quip with a visit to the restaurant chain on Monday and a social media jab.

The exchange came days after Obama compared the White House's gold-heavy redesign to "Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory" during a campaign rally in Ohio.

Bessent was approached by a Fox Business reporter outside a Cheesecake Factory near the Treasury Department in Washington, DC, on Monday after having lunch. Asked about Obama's remarks, Bessent criticized the former president while referencing the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago.

"This is the man who built the, uh, museum that looks like Darth Vader's tomb," Bessent said dur...