President Trump knows how to make America’s birthday special.
He’s bringing heroes to the White House who deserve recognition.
And Donald Trump just announced one July 4 surprise that will leave Democrats scrambling.
Trump invites Iran strike pilots to White House July 4 celebration
President Donald Trump revealed plans to honor some very special guests at this year’s White House July 4 celebration.
The U.S. bomber pilots who flew the missions against Iranian nuclear facilities are joining Trump for America’s birthday party.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt made the announcement Monday, confirming what Trump had teased during his weekend interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’ "Sunday Morning Futures."²
Leavitt said Trump "looks forward to celebrating our nation’s founding on Friday" and announced the flyover will feature "our state-of-the-art F-22s, B-2s, and F-35s."³
There will be a flyover by B-2 Spirit bombers – the exact same aircraft that struck Iran’s uranium enrichment sites at Fordo and Natanz earlier this month.⁴
Additional personnel from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, where the B-2s are stationed, will also attend the celebration.⁵
Trump first dropped this bombshell during his Fox News interview when he told viewers the pilots are "going to come to the White House."⁶
Operation Midnight Hammer heroes get their due
These aren’t just any pilots getting invited to the party.
These are the warriors who pulled off "Operation Midnight Hammer" – the daring mission that obliterated Iran’s nuclear program.⁷
Seven B-2 bombers participated in strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities during the marathon 36-hour mission from Missouri to Iran and back.⁸
The operation required multiple mid-air refueling operations and fighter jet escorts to pull off what Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Dan Caine called a masterclass in "tactical surprise."⁹
The B-2s dropped 30,000-pound "bunker buster" bombs on the underground nuclear enrichment facilities at Fordo and Natanz.¹⁰
Meanwhile, submarines launched cruise missiles at Iran’s Isfahan nuclear site while another group of B-2s flew over the Pacific as decoys.¹¹
General Caine confirmed the bombers went completely undetected – exactly as planned.¹²
Trump defends his heroes against Deep State attacks
Of course, the Deep State couldn’t let Trump’s success go unchallenged.
Leaked intelligence reports tried to downplay the mission’s effectiveness, claiming Iran’s nuclear program was only set back by less than a year.¹³
But Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth aren’t having any of that nonsense.
Both have pushed back hard against those defeatist findings, with Trump arguing the leaks were deliberately undermining the brave pilots who risked everything.
"You know, I don’t love the optics of my colonoscopy, but I do it every two years," Trump said, defending his decision to honor the pilots at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands.¹⁴
Hegseth held his own news conference defending the mission’s success, blasting the leakers for trying to spin the operation as ineffective.¹⁵
"They were undermined because your people are trying to leak and spin that it wasn’t successful," Hegseth stated.¹⁶
Even Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, confirmed Iran’s nuclear capabilities faced "severe damage" in an interview with CBS News’ "Face the Nation."¹⁷
That’s not exactly the picture painted by the anonymous leakers trying to sabotage Trump.
A July 4 celebration worthy of America
This July 4 celebration will be everything a patriotic holiday should be.
Trump is turning America’s birthday into both a celebration of our founding and a showcase of the military might that keeps us free.¹⁸
The flyover featuring F-22s, B-2s, and F-35s will remind everyone – friend and foe alike – of America’s technological superiority.¹⁹
But more importantly, Trump is using the moment to honor the men and women who put their lives on the line to protect America.²⁰
These pilots flew a 36-hour mission halfway around the world to eliminate a nuclear threat to the United States and our allies.²¹
They deserve to be celebrated, not undermined by Deep State leakers who can’t stand to see Trump succeed.
While Democrats whine about everything Trump does, he’s focused on honoring heroes and showing the world what American strength looks like.
This July 4 will remind everyone why America remains the greatest nation on Earth – and why our enemies think twice before threatening us.
¹ Stephen Dietrich, "Big July 4 announcement from White House," July 1, 2025.
² CBS News, "Pilots who flew Iran mission will be at the White House with Trump for July 4 event," July 1, 2025.
³ UPI, "B-2 bomber pilots to be honored at White House Fourth of July celebration," June 30, 2025.
⁴ CNN Politics, "How Trump quietly made the historic decision to launch strikes in Iran," June 22, 2025.
⁵ Daily Wire, "Pilots Who Bombed Iran Will Come To White House On Fourth Of July," June 30, 2025.
⁶ Daily Wire, "Pilots Of B-2 Bombers That Hit Iran Nuclear Sites Coming To White House, Trump Says," June 29, 2025.
⁷ Breaking Defense, "Operation Midnight Hammer: How the US conducted surprise strikes on Iran," June 22, 2025.
⁸ Fox News, "Operation Midnight Hammer: Timeline of US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities," June 22, 2025.
⁹ CBS News, "Pentagon reveals how B-2 bombers struck Iran nuclear sites in mission dubbed ‘Operation Midnight Hammer,’" June 22, 2025.
¹⁰ Newsweek, "’Operation Midnight Hammer’: What We Know About the Iran Strikes," June 22, 2025.
¹¹ The War Zone, "B-2 Strikes On Iran: What We Know About Operation Midnight Hammer," June 22, 2025.
¹² Washington Post, "How Trump decided to strike Iran," June 22, 2025.
¹³ Center for Strategic and International Studies, "What Operation Midnight Hammer Means for the Future of Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions," June 22, 2025.
¹⁴ CNN Politics, "How Trump quietly made the historic decision to launch strikes in Iran," June 22, 2025.
¹⁵ Washington Examiner, "Trump brings the ‘Hammer’ down on Iran," June 22, 2025.
¹⁶ CBS News, "Pentagon reveals how B-2 bombers struck Iran nuclear sites," June 22, 2025.
¹⁷ CBS News, "Pentagon reveals how B-2 bombers struck Iran nuclear sites," June 22, 2025.
¹⁸ Just The News, "White House says pilots who flew Iran mission will join Trump for July 4 event," June 30, 2025.
¹⁹ UPI, "B-2 bomber pilots to be honored at White House Fourth of July celebration," June 30, 2025.
²⁰ CNN Politics, "Live updates: Trump orders US bombing of Iran nuclear sites," June 22, 2025.
²¹ Total Pro Sports, "New Report Reveals The Mind-Blowing Amenities That American B-2 Pilots Had On Their Stealth Bombers During 36-Hour Flight," June 22, 2025.
