South Park Season 27 Declares War on Trump: Explosive Premiere Puts President in Bed with Satan

After a two-year hiatus and a billion-dollar streaming deal, South Park returned to television Wednesday night with all the subtlety of a wrecking ball. Its target? US President Donald Trump.

The long-running animated satire kicked off its 27th season on Wednesday night with an episode titled 'Sermon on the 'Mount', a no-holds-barred takedown of Trump's legal crusades, his fixation with image, and his ever-controversial history. What unfolded was part fever dream, part political roast - and entirely South Park.

In one of the episode's most jaw-dropping moments, Trump is shown lying in bed with Satan himself. When the demonic figure rejects Trump's sexual advances, he sneers at the president's anatomy: 'I can't even see anything because it's so small.'

The cartoon doesn't stop there. In a live-action parody ad that closes the episode, a sweating Trump collapses naked in a desert, as a voiceover assures: 'Trump: His penis is teeny-tiny, but his love for us is large.'

This isn't the first time South Park has linked world leaders romantically with Satan. Fans may recall the show's early depiction of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as the devil's boyfriend. But while that pairing was played for absurdist laughs, this latest iteration hits far closer to home.

Epstein, CBS, and a Billion-Dollar Backdrop

The episode also took sharp jabs at Trump's past association with Jeffrey Epstein. When Satan confronts Trump about his name being on the infamous 'Epstein list,' Trump dodges the question, telling him—and viewers—to 'relax.' It's a line he repeats throughout the episode whenever uncomfortable truths surface.

In another tense exchange, Trump argues with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who confronts him over tariffs. When Carney quips, 'What are you, some kind of dictator from the Middle East?' Trump muddles Iran and Iraq before telling him to 'relax.'

The South Park team didn't hold back from meta-commentary either. The episode mocks Trump's actual lawsuit against Paramount—the parent company of CBS—after 60 Minutes aired a segment he claimed misrepresented him ahead of the 2024 election. Though Trump initially demanded a staggering $10 billion in damages, Paramount eventually settled the case for $16 million.

Shortly after that settlement, CBS cancelled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, one of Trump's most vocal media critics. Colbert himself called the settlement 'a big fat bribe' and implied his show was axed for political reasons. The South Park premiere cheekily mirrors this real-life controversy by having Trump sue the fictional town of South Park for $5 billion, eventually settling for $3.5 million — on the condition that the town run pro-Trump ads. The only ad they manage to create? A fully nude Trump standing in a field, his anatomy once again the punchline.

Mounting Chaos Behind the Scenes

The new season had been scheduled to launch on 9 July but was delayed due to Paramount's messy merger with Skydance Media. According to creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the behind-the-scenes drama threatened to derail production.

'This merger is a s--tshow,' the pair reportedly said. 'And it's f---ing up South Park.'

The merger speculation has also swirled around Paramount's sudden willingness to settle with Trump, which raised eyebrows across the media landscape. Whether coincidental or calculated, South Park seems to be suggesting that media giants are increasingly willing to trade integrity for convenience, even if it means bending the knee to political power.

South Park Isn't Holding Back

With South Park now streaming on Paramount+ as part of a $1.5 billion deal, it's clear the show's creators still know how to light a cultural fuse. In the first episode alone, they tackled presidential ego, censorship, billionaire legal warfare, and network cowardice—all within 22 minutes and plenty of full-frontal satire.

It's a reminder that in a world of mergers, lawsuits, and shrinking political accountability, South Park remains one of the last places where no one—not even Satan's alleged bunkmate—is safe from scrutiny.