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President Trump welcomed Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela to the Oval Office Monday.
What Trump said: "The Panama Canal is doing quite well. I think we did a good job building it, right?" Trump added his friendship with Varela is "very good" and that they are "developing new things to do" in their talks today.
What Trump didn't say: Trump did not answer questions shouted at him about whether he is under investigation.
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Stories about President Trump's photo op at St. John's church after peaceful protesters were forcefully cleared from the area averaged the most online attention of any issue about the president this week.
Why it matters: Trump's force-over-compassion approach to the demonstrators protesting the murder of George Floyd had Republican allies backpedaling to keep a distance — and led to a wave of condemnations that got plenty of online traction on their own.
Joe Biden speaks at Delaware State University's student cente on June 5. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Former Vice President Joe Biden became the formal Democratic presidential nominee on Friday evening, per AP.
The big picture: Biden has been the presumptive frontrunner to take on President Trump since Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign in early April.