President Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" is heading for his desk after he crushed a last-minute rebellion from a handful of Republican "grandstanders" who threatened to derail his second-term agenda.

For a moment, Democrats were feeling emboldened by rumors of up to 20 Republican holdouts, and Trump was also showing signs of frustration early Thursday as the bill stalled.

"FOR REPUBLICANS, THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY YES VOTE. RIDICULOUS!!!" Trump wrote.

In the end, Trump got his wish: the bill passed Thursday afternoon 218-214, with two Republicans voting no: Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.).

"Grandstanders" shut down

Trump had spent weeks calling out "grandstanders" in the party like Massie and Senator Rand Paul (Ky.), who both voted against the bill. Most Republicans who voiced objections fell in line in the end.

It's not clear what, if any, concessions were made to convince the House holdouts, but Trump played a central role in getting the bill past the finish line.

“The president was heavily involved in this process,” a White House official said. “He talked to members throughout, for months, on the phone, in meetings here at the White House and elsewhere when he would see them. He was very much driving this forward.”

After the bill passed the Senate Tuesday, some House Republicans said they would not support the Senate's changes, raising the possibility that the bill would unravel days before Trump's July 4th deadline.

The show of opposition forced Republicans to work overnight Thursday. Trump talked to lawmakers privately and exerted additional pressure using his megaphone on Truth Social.

“Largest Tax Cuts in History and a Booming Economy vs. Biggest Tax Increase in History, and a Failed Economy. What are the Republicans waiting for??? What are you trying to prove???” he wrote.

A few votes would have been enough to blow up Trump's plans, but instead, Trump is now poised to sign the bill on his July 4th timeline.

Massive triumph for Trump

It's a massive triumph for the president, whose first term failed to garner major legislative wins outside of his 2017 tax cuts. The "Big, Beautiful Bill" makes those cuts permanent, while adding a host of new tax breaks that Trump promised on the campaign trail, like no tax on tips and no tax on overtime.

Trump gets billions for his immigration agenda, including $46.5 billion to complete his trademark border wall, which Republicans in Congress refused to fund during his first term. The situation couldn't be more different now, with the GOP completely under Trump's control.

The march to passing the "Big, Beautiful Bill" was nevertheless a slog, but after weeks of delicate negotiations between different factions in the party, a push from Trump got Republicans to finally seal the deal.

Democrats tried to hold up the bill with procedural hurdles, to no avail. Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY.) set a new record for the longest speech in House history with a desperate filibuster.

All Trump has to do now is add his big, beautiful signature!