Overview

• Nikki Glaser expressed concerns about potential backlash, including detention, for making political jokes during Donald Trump’s second term.
• Her comments at the Mark Twain Prize ceremony honoring Conan O’Brien have drawn mixed reactions, with some dismissing her fears as exaggerated.
• Donald Trump recently appointed himself chairman of the Kennedy Center, pledging to remove 'woke' influences and reshape the institution’s direction.
• Other comedians at the event, including John Mulaney and Will Ferrell, openly mocked Trump without expressing similar concerns about potential repercussions.
• Conan O’Brien indirectly critiqued Trump in his acceptance speech by praising Mark Twain’s opposition to populism, hypocrisy, and authoritarianism.