White House fires back at South Park Trump parody

White House Fires Back at South Park Over Trump Satire

The animated series that has courted controversy for 27 seasons now faces an unprecedented backlash from the executive branch after a new episode that skews a Trump‑style president—an AI‑generated figure crawling naked through a desert.

Episode Highlights

• Trump’s AI avatar begs Satan for sex—only to be rebuffed due to his “small” stature.
• The town of South Park threatens a lawsuit over the president’s “former good” rock‑shod tactics.
• Canada’s prime minister questions a bomb threat, prompting Trump’s dismissive reply: “Iran, Iraq—what’s the difference?”
• The closing vignette shows an overweight Trump, narrated as a modern Jesus, ending with the controversial line: “Trump: His penis is teeny‑tiny, but his love for us is large.”

White House Statement

Spokesperson Taylor Rogers condemned the show as “out of touch for over 20 years” and urged that the president’s record—“more promises delivered in six months than any other administration”—demonstrates “no fourth‑rate show can derail his hot streak.”

Business Context

• Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone inked a $1.5 billion streaming deal with Paramount, granting the company global rights.
• Paramount is seeking approval for a multi‑billion merger with Skydance, a move that has drawn criticism over alleged political influence.
• Earlier this month, CBS parent CBS paid $16 million to settle a Trump lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, a transaction many Democrats described as a bribe aimed at smoothing the merger.
• CBS recently cancelled “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” a host widely perceived as a critic of the president, prompting accusations that American institutions are bowing to Trump.

In a scene that aired days after the Paramount deal, the stylized Trump insists on bombing Canada “like we did Iraq,” prompting a skeptical retort from the Canadian prime minister. The episode closes with a financial arrangement that includes a promise to produce public‑service announcements—an economic concession that forever ties the fictional town to the real‑world president.

Final Takeaway

The episode serves as a reminder of the tenuous line between satire and politics, a line that the White House now chooses to defend with the same vigor it has used to uphold its own presidential promise rail‑road.