President Donald Trump has scored some of the biggest wins of his administration in the past two weeks to be capped with what may be his signature legislative win of his second term.
Congress passed the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” on Thursday, sending the legislation to Trump’s desk in time for the July 4 deadline that the president had set. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) called the bill a “key cornerstone of America’s new golden age” after he and Trump worked late into the night whipping votes to get the package through the House on Thursday afternoon.
The legislation makes permanent Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, as well as eliminating some taxes on tips and Social Security. It also includes a $150 billion boost to border security and deportation measures, and another $150 billion toward new defense spending. The bill encourages a boom in fossil fuel energy production while cutting tax credits for green energy and electric vehicles. The bill tightens rules and implements work requirements to receive Medicaid.
“President Trump is racking up win after win – making this the best two weeks for everyday Americans in decades. On the world stage and on the home front, President Trump has delivered on his promises like no other President before. It’s clear that President Trump was right about everything, Americans still aren’t tired of winning, and our country has never been HOTTER!” White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told The Daily Wire in a statement.
Other wins for the president from the past two weeks include:
The June jobs report released on Thursday showed the United States added 147,000 jobs last month, outpacing expectations and showing positive job growth in the country for four months straight. The U.S. economy has added nearly 700,000 jobs since January. Border encounters in the month of June again plunged to the lowest level in decades, surpassing a previous decades-long low set in March. Federal authorities tallied just 6,070 encounters with illegal aliens at the Southern Border last month, and stopped all from entering the United States. The Supreme Court last week delivered a major win to the Trump administration, restricting the ability of district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions that have thwarted policies from the White House. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the 6-3 majority that “federal courts do not exercise general oversight of the Executive Branch; they resolve cases and controversies consistent with the authority Congress has given them.” Trump announced a trade deal with Vietnam on Wednesday just days before the president’s 90-day pause on Liberation Day tariffs expires. According to Trump, American producers will have duty-free access to Vietnam’s market while Vietnamese goods will have a 20% tariff to enter the United States. “Transshipped” goods sent to the United States via Vietnam from other countries will be tariffed at 40%. The S&P 500 and NASDAQ both closed at record highs on Thursday. Gas prices hit the lowest level in four years heading into the Independence Day holiday weekend. The national average for a gallon of gas stood at $3.16 on Thursday, a $0.35 drop from a year ago, according to data from AAA. Last week, NATO countries agreed to raise defense spending to 5% of GDP at Trump’s urging, with the lone exception of Spain. United States bombers and submarines delivered strikes against three nuclear sites in Iran in a June 21 surprise attack dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer.” The Pentagon has said the strikes “obliterated” nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan and set Iran’s nuclear program back at least one to two years. Following the attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Trump brokered and held together a ceasefire between Israel and Iran. Last week, Trump hosted leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo at the White House to broker a peace agreement and end a 30-year conflict between the two countries. Pakistan nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize on June 20 “in recognition of his decisive diplomatic intervention and pivotal leadership during the recent India-Pakistan crisis.” Trump secured a “golden share” of U.S. Steel last week as part of an $14 billion deal for Japan’s Nippon Steel to acquire the U.S. steel manufacturer. The “golden share,” made official in an amended corporate charter filed with the United States last week, grants Trump and future presidents broad veto power over key decisions made regarding U.S. Steel, including changes to the company name or selling production locations in the next decade. Under pressure from the White House, the University of Pennsylvania has agreed to bar males from competing in female sports or using female “intimate facilities.” The school will also adopt “biology-based definitions” for “male” and “female” that comply with the president’s executive orders. The university will also strip trans-identifying male swimmer Lia Thomas of the titles he won on the women’s team while returning “misappropriated” awards to female athletes.