The White House has responded to South Park’s recent skewering of President Donald Trump, delivering a retort so salty you could sprinkle it over a serving of hot chips.
ICYMI, the animated adult series aired the premiere episode of its 27th season on Wednesday, and it featured a scene in which an AI-generated version of Trump (no, not that one) is seen begging Satan for sex, only to be rejected on account of his penis being too small.
Rather than ignore the allegations — which, for the record, were also echoed by Stormy Daniels in 2018 — Trump went on to prove them via White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers, who shared a statement in response to the episode on Thursday night.
“This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention,” Rogers said per The Australian.
Rogers went on to gas up Trump for “delivering on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history”, before attacking both South Park and its fans.
“No fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak,” Rogers said.
“The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end — for years they have come after South Park for what they labeled as ‘offensive’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show.
“Just like the creators of South Park, the Left has no authentic or original content, which is why their popularity continues to hit record lows.”
Other barbs levelled against Trump in the no-holds-barred episode, titled “Sermon on the ‘Mount”, included the animated version of the president threatening to bomb Canada in light of his air strike on Iran last month, and a narrator who says his “penis is teeny-tiny”.
But Trump wasn’t the only subject of South Park’s quips, with Paramount, the production company behind the series, also on the receiving end of some scathing jibes.
The source of that tea is a lawsuit between Trump and Paramount in which the president accused the company of favourably editing an interview with Kamala Harris in the lead up to the 2024 presidential election.
Paramount copped backlash for reaching a multi-million dollar settlement with the president in the lawsuit, and while the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was drawn into the fallout, South Park also dipped its toes into the mess in the premiere.
“You really want to end up like Colbert?” a character says during the episode, in reference to allegations the host’s show was cancelled to curry favour with Trump.
“[Trump] has the power to sue and take bribes and he can do anything to anyone. It’s the fucking president, dude … South Park is over.”
The cherry on top of the mess cake is the fact that, hours before the episode aired, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker had announced a billion-dollar licensing deal with Paramount to air the show on its streaming service.
That they went on to lambast the company immediately after netting the deal is a feat that only South Park could pull off, but it remains to be seen whether their quips will have ramifications.
If it is pulled from the streamer, at least we still have a mention of Trump’s supposedly “teeny-tiny” penis.
Consider it South Park canon.
Lead images: Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images and South Park
