Trump Signs Big, Beautiful Bill At Historic July 4 Ceremony: ‘A Triumph Of Democracy’

President Donald Trump signed the One Big, Beautiful Bill into law on Independence Day, meeting his self-imposed deadline for the monumental budget bill after a long legislative struggle.

Trump — who had urged Congress to pass the bill and send it to his desk by July 4 — walked out onto the South Portico of the White House with First Lady Melania Trump and stood for the national anthem and a military flyover, after which he approached the microphone to offer a few words.

“I want to wish you a very happy Independence Day, happy Fourth of July. This is gonna be something special. There’s spirit in this country, we haven’t seen anything like it in many, many years,” the president said, later mentioning Operation Midnight Hammer and the military personnel who participated in the operation to destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Trump continued, noting his administration’s successes in recent months.

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“The American people gave us a historic mandate in November…We made promises, and it’s really promises made, promises kept. This is a triumph of democracy on the birthday of democracy,” Trump added, going on to enumerate the details of the Big, Beautiful Bill, and thanking prominent Republicans who helped get the legislation across the finish line.

“The Golden Age of America is upon us. We are in the Golden Age,” Trump said. “It’s going to be a period of time the likes of which I don’t think this country has ever experienced before.”

Trump then descended the stairs, shook hands with various figures, took his pen, and — flanked by House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise — signed the Big, Beautiful Bill.

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The bill makes permanent Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, increases funding for border security, enacts work requirements for able-bodied recipients of Medicaid and food stamps, defunds Planned Parenthood for a year, funds the “Golden Dome” missile defense program, and ends taxes on tips and overtime.

The legislation was sent to Trump’s desk after being passed by both houses of Congress, where Republicans overcame significant Democratic opposition and internal Republican hesitancy to hand the president a major legislative victory.

The Republican-controlled House voted 218-214 to pass the measure shortly after Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) wrapped up an hours-long speech delaying the bill’s advancement. To reach the final vote, Johnson spent hours working with Republican holdouts to get them to back the measure.

The Senate vote was even closer, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote.

Following the bill’s passage on July 3, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said “President Trump delivered win after win for the American people, and House Republicans and Senate Republicans delivered these wins with the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill into law.”

Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.