India, Nov. 13 -- US President Donald Trump signed the funding bill passed by the House of Representatives to end the longest government shutdown in American history on Wednesday evening. He also blamed Democrats for the cancellation or delay of 20,000 flights and the loss of pay for more than 1 million government workers during the shutdown.

During the signing of the bill, Trump said, "The Democrats' shutdown has inflicted massive harm. They caused 20,000 flights to be cancelled or delayed.They deprived more than 1 million government workers of their paychecks and cut off food stamp benefits for millions and millions more Americans in need. They caused tens of thousands of federal contractors and small businesses to go unpaid."

While s...