The long-running animated satire South Park returned for its 27th season on Wednesday night with a fiery and graphic takedown of President Donald Trump—just days after creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone signed a $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount.
Despite previously suggesting they’d ease off Trump-centered material, the premiere delivered some of the show’s most ruthless shots yet. The episode mocked President Trump’s legal battles, his loyal MAGA base, the Epstein scandal, and Paramount’s recent $16 million settlement with the president over a 60 Minutes segment involving Vice President Kamala Harris.
The most headline-grabbing moment came at the end of the episode, when the fictional town of South Park, after being sued by President Trump, is forced to create a “pro-Trump” public service announcement. What followed was a hyper-realistic deepfake showing a nude Trump stumbling through a desert in a parody of Christian ads. As he collapses, a high-pitched voice emerges from his groin, saying, “I’m Donald J. Trump and I endorse this message.” The spot ends with the narrator declaring: “His penis is teeny tiny, but his love for us is large.”
Earlier in the episode, Trump is seen—animated in disturbing detail—crawling into bed with Satan, who compares him to his ex, Saddam Hussein. The imagery continues South Park’s legacy of pushing boundaries, with Satan shown lamenting Trump’s ego and thirst for control.
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In another scene, townspeople try to scrape together the $3.5 million owed to Trump, with one sarcastically suggesting they cut funding for “schools, hospitals, and roads” to afford it. The settlement also requires the creation of the over-the-top PSA.
The episode didn’t spare Paramount either. A spoof of 60 Minutes showed visibly nervous anchors walking on eggshells, insisting they were “just reporting” on a town being sued by the president—“and just to be clear, we don’t agree with them!”
This return to Trump-focused satire comes just days after Parker and Stone secured the massive Paramount+ deal. Ironically, Paramount owns South Park’s home network Comedy Central, as well as CBS and 60 Minutes, the very outlets entangled in legal action with the president.
Trump has yet to respond publicly to the episode, though critics and fans alike are already buzzing. Whether this season marks a full return to Trump-focused storytelling or a one-off statement remains to be seen—but if the premiere is any indication, South Park hasn’t lost its appetite for taking on political firestorms with brutal humor.
