Conan O'Brien accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Sunday night at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and, perhaps not surprisingly, the current state of national affairs came up quite a few times during the course of the evening.

The Kennedy Center has been a time honored place in our country. The Honor has brought many of our favorite performers their most deserved flowers. Now, Donald Trump is trying to dismantle it bit by bit.

Conan O’Brien is set to receive the Mark Twain Prize at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where the backstage drama of the host institution may hang