MAGA lost it over ‘elitist’ Cheesecake Factory dig. But now they sit silent as Trump boasts about Mar-a-Lago food cost
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The Story
Fox News viewership is in freefall as the conservative news network grapples with the fallout from Donald Trump’s faltering popularity.
According to the media newsletter Status, which obtained Nielsen ratings ahead of their release Wednesday, October 2026 will beFox News’ lowest-rated monthsince December 2023.Ahead of closely-watched midterms like the 2026 contest, networks would normally be expected to gain viewers as audiences tune in for coverage of consequential races, the report noted. Among viewers ages 25 to 54, the demographic advertisers covet most, the picture is even worse.
The Spread
The coverage 19 sources
- Far LeftSalonThe Cheesecake Factory aesthetic won’t save MAGA (opens the publisher’s site)
- LeftHuffPostNo Joke: Trump White House's Cheesecake Factory Flex Is Straight Out Of An 'SNL' Sketch (opens the publisher’s site)
- LeftRaw StoryFox News ratings suffering 'eye-popping decline' as audience loses interest in Trump: data (opens the publisher’s site)
- LeftThe Daily BeastTrump Nemesis Spots Embarrassing Problem With His Bizarre Award (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftBusiness InsiderHow The Cheesecake Factory went from a family recipe to a global chain — and a White House punchline (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftAxiosCheesecake Factory, tan suits, and the staying power of culture wars (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftMediaite‘You F*cking Peasants!’ Critics Hammer Trump for ‘Elitist’ Mar-a-Lago Riff – After Days of MAGA Cheesecake Factory Furor (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftThe AtlanticTrump’s Cheesecake Factory Dissent (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftThe New York TimesWhat Does the Cheesecake Factory’s Designer Think of Obama and Trump’s Jabs at His Décor? (opens the publisher’s site)
- Center-LeftThe Washington PostJoking aside, the Cheesecake Factory is seeing pretty good business (opens the publisher’s site)