South Park Stands up Against Trump
The episode? Priceless.
On Wednesday, South Park launched its 27th season on Paramount after an almost two-and-a-half-year break from production. This comes after Paramount (the parent company of CBS) canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert days after he criticized Donald Trump and called out Paramount for reaching a $16 million settlement with Trump.
The entire episode was dedicated to attacking Trump.
Although Paramount claims that it cancelled the late-night show due to financial reasons, Paramount reached a $1.5 billion streaming deal with South Park after a fierce bidding war.
The episode, titled “Sermon on the Mount,” opens with Trump in bed with Satan and bickering about his penis size with the Canadian prime minister. Trump then nudges that he wants to have sex with Satan, but the devil turns him down.
"Come on, Satan. I've been working hard all day," Trump says. Satan replies, "You haven't been working! You've been doing your stupid memes and just f****** around."
Oh, but it gets better!
Then Trump says, "Come on, Satan. You know you can't resist this!" right before showing his penis. Satan then responds, "I can't even see anything, it's so small.”
The episode also went on to refer to the Epstein list, and this dialogue happens:
Satan tells Trump while they're lying in bed: "Another random b**** commented on my Instagram that you're on the Epstein list."
"The Epstein list? Are we still talking about that?” Trump responds.
"Well, are you on the list or not?" Satan says. "It's weird that whenever it comes up, you just tell everyone to relax."
"I'm not telling everyone to relax," Trump replies.
The episode makes a complete mockery of how Donald Trump threatens to sue people he is upset with, and even shows “Jesus” showing up to a classroom full of kids while the kids are forced to stay in the class. When asked what he wants to do in response to people protesting, he again threatened to sue them for $5 million.
Analysts believe that South Park decided to take this vengeful route because they want to screw over Paramount. Essentially, baiting Trump into getting so mad at Paramount that he either sues them again or refuses to allow the massive merger to happen. Paramount has proposed an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media, which requires approval from the Federal Communications Commission, a federal agency overseen by the Trump administration.
Essentially, the day after Paramount signs a deal and settles with Trump, South Park streamlined their feelings through the first episode while pocketing $1.5 billion from the streaming deal.
Donald Trump was celebrating the cancellation of The Late Show, saying on Truth Social, "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert! Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined, including the Moron on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show."
The Paramount and Skydance merger is expected to close in October.
In a time when networks, universities, corporations, and even journalists are folding under the pressure of Trump’s political and legal bullying, South Park did the opposite: they took Paramount’s $1.5 billion streaming deal and used it as a platform to humiliate the man everyone else seems terrified to offend publicly.
While Colbert’s late-night show was cancelled days after criticizing Trump, and legacy institutions scramble to stay in Trump’s good graces, South Park doubled down.
This wasn't just comedy. It was a middle finger to political intimidation; a direct shot at a figure who thrives on lawsuits, fear, and forced loyalty.
Whether their goal was to bait Trump into sabotaging Paramount’s merger or to call out the ignorance of it all, the result was the same: South Park stood its ground. In a media landscape increasingly shaped by fear and corporate caution, that kind of raw, unapologetic rebellion is rare and, frankly, necessary.
Yes! Well said. I laughed my ass off.
Woo-hoo…loved it!