CHICAGO There was a lot of love for President Joe Biden when he walked on stage at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night.

Thousands upon thousands of people greeted him with signs that read, We love Joe! He had to wait several minutes before he could even start talking because people wouldnt stop cheering for him. He flashed his trademark grin. He waved at a couple of people in the crowd. When he could finally speak, he delivered a pretty standard stump speech, ticking off his accomplishments as president and warning of the grave dangers of Donald Trump returning to the White House.

Think of the message he sends around the world when he talks about America being a failing nation, Biden fumed at one point . He says were losing. Hes the loser! Hes dead wrong.

But in other moments, the president also looked a little sad. So did people in the crowd.

Under normal circumstances, Biden would have spoken Thursday night at the convention, accepting his partys nomination for a second term. Instead, he is here kicking off the convention on day one, throwing his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to be the partys nominee.