President Trump delivered a victory-lap speech Thursday night at the Iowa State Fair, extolling a streak of recent wins from his America First Agenda while kicking off the year-long buildup to the country’s 250th birthday celebration.
Mr. Trump flew into Des Moines to join his supporters hours after the One Big Beautiful Bill, his signature legislation, passed Congress a day before the self-imposed July 4 deadline.
House Speaker Mike Johnson succeeded in pushing the bill across the finish line on a 218-214 vote.
The president expressed his love for the state and reminisced about winning Iowa’s presidential vote three times.
“There could be no better birthday present for America than the phenomenal victory we achieved just hours ago when Congress passed the One Big, Beautiful Bill to make America win again,” Mr. Trump said, adding that the voters gave him a “historic mandate to cut taxes, raise, take home, pay,