President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE said the military will soon see a “big spike” in recruitment numbers coming off of the steam from his “Salute to America” Fourth of July celebration Thursday.

“We had a phenomenal crowd last night, and it was a fantastic evening for our country,” Trump said while speaking to reporters on the South Lawn at the White House on Friday. “You’re going to have a lot of people being recruited, I think, based on that. We're going to have a lot of -- a lot of people joining our military. And we really needed that."

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“Our job numbers are so good that the military has a hard time getting people,” Trump also said. “And I think, really, that you’re going to see a big spike. I've already heard it -- a lot of people calling in. No place like our military. I think we showed that last night.”

Trump’s Independence Day celebrations featured a bevy of military hardware and even featured a flyover from B-2 stealth bomber in a display of force that was widely regarded as an attempt to emphasize the country’s military might.

The heavy military involvement incorporated into the president’s Independence Day celebrations earned pushback from a number of Democratic lawmakers leading up to Thursday, including Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser.

"We have very few occasions where people can just, like, celebrate our country without it turning into a partisan food fight," Bowser said of the event.

"I also have some concerns about a president not celebrating the military but glorifying military might," Bowser added. "That scares me the most."