President Donald Trump signed the stopgap spending bill to end a record-breaking 43-day government shutdown while appearing to conceal a recurring bruise on his right hand.

The House passed the measure 222 to 209 on Wednesday, following the Senate’s razor-thin approval two days before. Signing the bill in the Oval Office a few hours later, Trump called the shutdown “very painful,” and said the government would now “resume normal operations” after “people were hurt so badly.”

As cameras clicked, the president kept his right hand partially tucked under the desk or hidden behind the folder containing the bill.

Another trick to obscure his harsh bruising to his right hand is to sit with his left hand placed over the top of his right. He deployed this tactic throughout the press conference o

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