Trump Signs Controversial Big, Beautiful Bill Into Law, Impacting Millions

President Donald Trump signed his so-called “big, beautiful bill” into law on Friday, marking a significant legislative victory for his administration that will impact millions of Americans nationwide.

Trump celebrated the signing from the White House balcony during the annual Fourth of July picnic, claiming it as the “most popular bill ever signed in the history” of the United States. He asserted that America is “winning, winning, winning like never before.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) successfully delivered the legislation to the president’s desk ahead of his self-imposed July 4 deadline. Nearly every GOP lawmaker who had reservations about the bill eventually fell in line.

The president previously declared on Truth Social that “the people of the United States of America will be Richer, Safer, and Prouder than ever before” following the bill’s passage in the House.

However, the controversial 900-page document extends tax cuts for wealthier households, set to expire this year, by making over $1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid. This is expected to result in about 12 million Americans losing their health insurance by 2034, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The legislation also slashes food assistance for low-income people and children by $285 billion, putting nursing homes and rural hospitals at risk, and making it harder for people to qualify for federal student loans.

Trump’s immigration policy will receive an additional $150 billion, including $45 billion for new detention centers and $29 billion for new Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

The bill is expected to increase the national debt by over $3.3 trillion in the next decade, highlighting the GOP’s hypocrisy on fiscal responsibility. Democrats see the unpopular elements of the bill as an opportunity to contrast with the GOP in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections. A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed only 29% of Americans support the legislation.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned that “people will die” as a result of the bill, calling it an “all-out Republican assault on health care.” Despite his calls for Republicans to join Democrats in opposing the legislation, only two GOP members in the House and three in the Senate voted against it.

Before discussing the bill, Trump boasted about America’s military, claiming it’s at its highest enlistment numbers, and declared his last six months in office the “most successful six months” for a president ever. He concluded by stating, “Our country is more proud right now than it has been in many, many years. We have pride, we have dignity.”

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