Two weeks ago, South Park returned from a long hiatus with an episode that directly went after Donald Trump in a way that the show hadn’t in the past. The long-running animated show patterned Trump after their old Saddam Hussein character, including acting like an insane dictator and even having a love affair with Satan.
The White House released a scathing statement, with White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers declaring “The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end – for years they have come after ‘South Park’ for what they labeled as ‘offense’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” and “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.”
After a two-week break, South Park returned Wednesday night. The creators had teased that the episode would be mocking both ICE and conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, even getting into a social media war of words with ICE itself in the lead-up to the episode, when the actual X account of ICE used an image from the episode.
Wait, so we ARE relevant?#eatabagofdicks https://t.co/HeQSMU86Da
— South Park (@SouthPark) August 5, 2025
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The episode depicted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as a bloodthirsty clown who constantly shoots and kills dogs, has a face that repeatedly melts off, and is eager to stage ICE raids on Dora the Explorer concerts, staffed by poorly trained ICE agents who need the money. The episode ends with one of those new agents, longtime guidance counselor Mr. Mackey, brought to Mar-a-Lago, where he meets with Trump about becoming the “new face” of Homeland Security.
And well, a lot going on here. pic.twitter.com/IPAhxzHxja
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) August 7, 2025
The Trump segment features JD Vance as a version of Herve Villechaize’s Tattoo character from the old TV show Fantasy Island, and Mar-a-Lago as the habitat of decrepit elderly people. Trump remains the same character from the previous episode, except while down in Florida he’s wearing a white suit, although Satan is still in his bed.
Welcome to Mar-A-Lago! #SouthPark pic.twitter.com/MgIlIVL51j
— South Park (@SouthPark) August 7, 2025
The other major plot of the episode has Clyde, a minor kid character on the show, starting a podcast where he shares racist, sexist and antisemitic invective, while regular character Eric Cartman gets mad at him for stealing his own long-running bit. Cartman then adopts Charlie Kirk’s haircut and starts a podcast of his own.
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.
