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Donald Trump turned the traditional July 4 picnic into a celebration of both America’s independence and his recent win in Congress over ‘Big Beautiful Bill’.
Donald Trump signs ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ into law (Reuters Image)
Donald Trump signed his mega ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ into law on Friday, during a Fourth of July picnic, a day after Congress narrowly passed his primary tax and spending bill.
He signed the bill on the White House South Lawn, turning the traditional July 4 picnic into a celebration of both America’s independence and his personal victory in Congress.
He had pushed hard to rally support, and nearly all Republicans in Congress backed his legislation as the Bill was passed in the House on Thursday.
He seized the opportunity to highlight the biggest legislative success of his second term. The event included a bomber jet flyover, which marked a reference to the US military’s recent airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites during the 12-day Israel-Iran war. A fireworks show on the National Mall was also planned later in the day.
As he signed the bill, he called it the “biggest bill of its type in history”.
Addressing the gathering from the balcony of the South Lawn alongside First Lady Melania Trump, the President said, “We made promises, and it’s really promises made, promises kept, and we’ve kept them. There’s a triumph of democracy on the birthday of democracy, and I have to say that the people are happy.”
This is exactly how Trump had envisioned the bill to be passed and signed into law when he set the July 4 deadline a few weeks ago — something which was seen, even by some of his supporters, as too ambitious. However, Trump kept tight control over his party and worked to convince Republicans to support the legislation, which finally culminated in the bill passing the House hurdle on Thursday. Only two Republicans voted against it.
“We are going to have something where people are going to realize the level of success and popularity of this bill,” Trump said in his address at the event.
The bill continues the tax cuts Trump introduced in 2017 and adds new ones, costing a total of $4.5 trillion. It also increases funding for immigration enforcement and the military. To help cover the cost of this new spending and the drop in tax revenue, the bill cuts $1 trillion from Medicaid and reduces food assistance. Still, according to the Congressional Budget Office, it will add $3.3 trillion to the federal deficit.
Several Republicans feared that the bill’s cuts to social safety net programmes, such as Medicaid and food stamps, could land them in political trouble ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), around 12 million Americans may lose their health insurance due to the changes to government programmes necessitated by the bill. Other reports estimate that this number could get higher.
Democrats have started criticising the bill, saying it gives huge tax breaks to the wealthy while taking away support from low-income Americans. They accused Trump of cutting benefits for the poor to help his rich supporters.

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