President Trump on Thursday visited Iowa to kick off a year-long celebration of the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding at an event that doubled as a victory lap for the passage of a major legislative package.

Trump spoke at a “Salute to America” event in Des Moines, Iowa, on the eve of Independence Day. His remarks came hours after the House passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, sending the legislation that contains many of the president's campaign promises to Trump’s desk.

The president also mused about the mutual “hate” between him and Democrats, a potential exemption for farmers to avoid the deportation of their undocumented workers and a recent exchange of missiles between the U.S. and Iran.

Here are five takeaways from Trump’s Iowa remarks.

A victory lap on big, beautiful bill

The speech offered Trump a chance to bask in the legislative success of getting a massive tax and spending bill across the finish line in the House and Senate after months of negotiations and tense final hours of convincing holdouts to support the bill.

While Trump is expected to sign the bill into law on Friday at the White House, he used Thursday’s remarks to highlight some of what’s in the package.

The legislation extends the tax cuts Trump signed into law in 2017, which were set to expire later this year. It also eliminates some taxes on tipped........

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