by David N. Bossie
July 13 marks the one-year anniversary of the assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pa.
Thankfully, his life was spared that day by the grace of God, and he was able to continue his re-election campaign to reclaim the presidency. Now that his “One Big Beautiful Bill” is the law of the land, the American people have reason to once again be hopeful for a better future for themselves, their families and their beloved country.
It takes time to dig out from a failed presidency, when reckless decisions were made for four long years without regard for the damage they would cause. Since taking office in January, President Trump and his team have been working to change America’s trajectory.
The border is now more secure than it’s ever been. The Iranian nuclear threat has been eliminated. The mindset of fiscal responsibility is permeating throughout the federal government. Criminal illegal aliens are being deported. The Pentagon is once again focused on defending America instead of wokeism. Fair trade deals are being negotiated that level the playing field for American workers, and our country is once again respected around the world.
The enactment of President Trump’s policy agenda puts an exclamation point on a successful first six months back in the Oval Office. The consequential bill says loud and clear that President Trump and Republicans in Congress are listening to the American people. The legislation extends the pro-growth Trump tax cuts for years to come; provides a record cut in mandatory federal spending that starts to address the national debt crisis; prioritizes Medicaid for those who need it most by implementing work requirements; fully secures the border and funds the largest deportation operation in American history; ends taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security; green lights American energy production to drive down inflation; and dramatically strengthens our national defense with a Golden Dome.
Make no mistake about it, this is an enormous win for President Trump, the GOP, and hardworking American families who have been waiting for relief — and common sense — from Washington for far too long. The Biden-Harris Administration was a time of volatility, uncertainty, lawlessness, and malaise. President Trump’s signature legislation will finally calm the stormy seas caused by the destructive policies of Joe Biden and the left-wing radicals he delegated authority to.
It’s fitting to think about what dangerous priorities would have been included in Kamala Harris’ first budget reconciliation bill had she been elected last November. By listening to Democrat leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries and watching their caucuses vote against the One Big Beautiful Bill en bloc, we can assume that the Harris-Walz administration would have not only allowed the Trump tax cuts to expire but would have also called for additional tax increases to bankroll their socialist wish list. The rhetoric coming from the left also makes it clear that the border would still be wide open, and blanket amnesty for illegal immigrants — including criminals — would probably have been a part of the legislation as well. And it goes without saying that the Green New Scam would have been supercharged, inflation would have gone unaddressed, and the corrosive DEI agenda would have been codified.
Elections do indeed have consequences. And President Trump’s landslide victory spared America from a left-wing agenda that our country may not have been able to recover from.
In the last few days alone, we’ve seen yet another month of robust job creation. The Supreme Court ruled to stop the unconstitutional practice of nationwide injunctions by partisan district court judges. The Obama Administration was exposed for politicizing the 2016 intelligence assessment to frame President Trump with the phony Russia Hoax. A new fair trade deal with Vietnam was announced, and the stock market is at record levels.
But due to our nation’s dire financial situation, the president and House Speaker Mike Johnson know there must be more tax reform and additional spending cuts in the form of new reconciliation bills later this year and next spring. After a long period of darkness, these are encouraging times for the United States of America. Come July 13, remember what may have been and say a prayer for President Trump.
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David N. Bossie is president of Citizens United. He served as deputy campaign manager for Donald J. Trump for President in 2016.
The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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