Trey Parker and Matt Stone continue to ruthlessly target the Trump administration.
The standoff between South Park and President Donald Trump’s administration appears far from over.
In its 27th season premiere, the series showed no mercy: it portrayed Trump in an intimate scene with satan, equipping him with a micropenis and generating a controversial hyperrealistic image of the naked president.
The second episode, “Got A Nut?”, doubled down on its satirical critique—this time focusing on then-Homeland Security Secretary and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, tied to ICE’s hardline policies.
On August 5, the Department of Homeland Security posted a screenshot of South Park’s portrayal of ICE agents on X (formerly Twitter), alongside a recruitment link.
The official South Park account fired back hours later:
“Wait, so we ARE relevant? #eatabagofdicks”
The clapback referenced the White House’s initial dismissal of the season premiere. Taylor Rogers, then-White House press secretary, had scoffed:
“This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and clings to tired ideas in a desperate bid for attention.”
Yet the ratings told a different story: The Season 27 debut drew 5.9 million viewers across Comedy Central and Paramount+, marking its highest-rated linear premiere since 1999, per Nielsen.
The launch came just hours after Parker and Stone inked a massive $1.5 billion deal with Paramount, securing an exclusive streaming partnership with Paramount+ for the next five years—proving the show’s enduring cultural clout.