New Delhi, Oct. 25 -- As the US midterm elections draw closer, former President Barack Obama has hit the campaign trail with a scathing attack on President Donald Trump, saying he has "got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory".

Obama made these remarks at a rally in Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday (local time) as he questioned Trump's ongoing renovation choices for the White House. Ridiculing his aesthetic additions to the executive mansion, Obama said, "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 ever...