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Des Moines, Iowa – President Donald Trump became his own celebration of the heartland festival for the U.S.’s upcoming 250th anniversary, a crowd of supporters poured in Thursday night shortly after Congress approved the tax cut legislation he advocated.
On the eve of the July 4 holiday, Trump said: “The American birthday is not better than the amazing victory we had a few hours ago, when Congress passed a big beautiful bill that made America great again.”
The Republican president plans to sign the legislation during a picnic at the White House on Friday, while stealth bombers and fighters involved in recent air strikes in Iran were a symbolic synthesis of the overwhelming power he deployed to reshape Washington and the country.
“We have saved our country,” he boasted after taking the stage, singer Lee Greenwood took the national anthem of Trump’s campaign track, “God Bless America.” In addition to tax breaks, the legislation increases funds for deportation, while reducing health care and food aid for low-income people.
The event at the Iowa Fair in Des Moines was the opening of a one-year birthday party that marked two and a half centuries of American independence. The program will be held next summer at the National Mall in Washington, with exhibitions in every state.
U.S. Ambassador Monica Crowley, Trump’s liaison with the Organization Group, 250 years in the United States, said in an interview that the celebration “I think all Americans can celebrate and respect our history and our present and our future.”
When she came to power, she gave Trump an ode to him, describing him as the heir to the country’s initial revolutionary spirit.
“I don’t know what people expect or want from the president of the United States,” Crowley said. “He literally achieved the entire job description, and there’s more.”
Thousands of viewers waited for Trump in more than 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius) for several hours. Audiences woke up in Trump utensils, including a hat with the “Make America Great Again” that read “Ultra Maga” and a plush monkey with its own miniature Trump shirt.
During the speech, Trump heard what sounded like fireworks. His anniversary of his attempt to assassinate in Butler, Pennsylvania is only ten days away.
“I hope it’s just fireworks,” he said. “The famous last sentence.”
Unlike a year ago, Trump spoke from behind thick bulletproof glass.
“You always have to think about positive attitudes,” he said. “I don’t like that voice either.”
Remind that one of the darkest moments in recent political history has not weakened Trump’s political delight. He boasted about the recent U.S. strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities, the price of eggs dropped, increasing immigrants crossing the southern border with Mexico’s victory and his election victory.
“We got a big score in the first semester, and that would blow it away,” Trump said, saying he likes to call his wife Melania “the first lady” because “it reminds me of me being president.”
Organizers see the upcoming celebrations as a way to help unite polarized nations and bridge parties. But it is a difficult task given the country’s divide and strong opposition to the 800-page package of the Republican main policy priorities. American adults also disagree with how the Republican president does his job.
A recent Gallup poll showed that patriotism has had the widest partisan divisions in two decades, with only about one-third of Democrats calling them proud of Americans, while nine out of one-tenth of Republicans.
According to June’s AP-NORC poll, one in 10 adults in the United States favor Trump’s performance as president, while about six out of 10 disagree.
The Trump administration’s cost-cutting move this year threatens to complicate the celebrations. The reduced funding has led to letters donated by the National Humanities Foundation to the Humanities Councils nationwide saying their federal grants have been fired. Many of these councils have been working hard to mark the 250th anniversary and have already provided some federal grants to libraries, schools and museums.
Gabrielle Lyon, executive director of the Illinois Humanities and chairman of the Illinois U.S. 250 Committee, said the cuts have cut some planned plans, including community reading of the Declaration of Independence.
“It’s hard to understand how we can protect and protect people’s ability to make sense to them and celebrate what they want to celebrate if you don’t fund the Humanities Council,” Lyon said.
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Amelia Thomson Deveaux, AP voting editor in Washington, contributed to the report. AP writers Gary Fields and Chris Megerian also contributed.