The president-elect was speaking — and the president himself was nowhere in sight.

This photo from the White House briefing room summed it all up Saturday night.

In the foreground is a screen showing Joe Biden’s first speech as president-elect.

In the background is Donald Trump’s empty podium. A lone man sits in the audience.

The shot was taken as Biden promised that he will be “a president for all Americans–” and as a defiant Trump braced for what he promised would be an onslaught of legal challenges to the election results.