WASHINGTON — President Trump signed his “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law at a Fourth of July party on the White House lawn Friday — moments after fighter jets and B-2 bombers soared overhead in celebration of the recent bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites.
“After that spectacular display of American power, let me just say God bless the United States military and God bless the USA,” Trump said from the Truman Balcony.
“As we enter our 249th year, America’s winning, winning, winning like never before … The Golden Age of America is upon us.”
Trump asked the Missouri-based flight crews who participated in the Iran strikes to raise their hands — saying “they don’t want to be in disguise” after forcing Tehran into a hasty cease-fire with Israel — before inking his landmark bill.
“In a few moments, we’re going to make official the greatest victory yet when I sign the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’,” the 79-year-old president said to an audience of lawmakers and military families.
“It’s really promises made, promises kept — and we’ve kept them. This is a triumph of democracy on the birthday of democracy, and I have to say that the people are happy.”
Trump attacked his predecessor Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) before enacting tax cuts on tips, overtime and Social Security benefits, plus new deductions for domestic car loan interest and higher state and local tax (SALT) deductions.
Biden — who last year began his Independence Day remarks by proclaiming “ho, ho, ho!” — presided over “four horrible years of embarrassment” for the country, Trump said, slamming the Democrat’s management of illegal immigration and the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The president then mocked Jeffries, who spoke against the bill for nearly nine hours on the House floor Thursday before its passage in a 218-214 vote.
“He had a towel. He’s wiping his face. That’s not too elegant,” Trump ridiculed, adding that Democrats opposed to the bill had “developed a standard line — and we can’t let them get away with it — ‘Oh, it’s dangerous. Oh, everybody’s going to die.’”
“It’s all a con job… just like the con job of ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ and all of the other things they did — the 51 intelligence agents said the [Hunter Biden] laptop from hell came from Russia,” he said.
Trump told Republicans to “just say what it is, because it’s the most popular bill ever signed in the history of our country” — noting enhanced child tax credits and insisting that Americans “won’t even notice” cuts to Medicaid and SNAP highlighted by Democrats because “it’s just waste, fraud and abuse.”
Dozens of protesters held a “die in” outside Trump Tower in New York City to oppose those cuts while the president signed the bill, holding up cardboard tombstones as they laid down blocking Fifth Avenue.
“Trump’s bill will kill!” they also chanted. “We need Medicaid. Not another ICE raid!”
The bill also includes an additional $100 billion in funding for immigration enforcement, $25 billion for Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense program and $12.5 billion to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system.
“We have the greatest country in the world and we’re back — we’re back like nobody thought possible this quickly,” the president said.
“I can say very proudly, and I don’t have to quote the polls, that our country is more proud right now than it’s been in many, many years,” Trump added. “We have pride. We have dignity. We have something that has happened miraculously, so fast.”
The presidential victory lap included boasts that major stock market indices reached record highs this week, while illegal border crossings hit another record low in June as jobs growth continued to be stronger than expected.
“The stock market’s at an all-time high. Jobs are at an all-time high. Everything’s at an all-time high, and we’re going to keep it that way,” he said. “We have the greatest country in the world, and we’re back.”
Additional reporting by Steven Vago
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