The latest episode of South Park features an explicit subplot in which an animated version of former President Donald Trump is portrayed in a sexual relationship with Satan, and a parody of Fox News treats the revelation as celebratory rather than scandalous.
In the installment, a Fox News reporter presses the president about his wife, Melania, staying in New York and away from the White House, then bluntly asks: “Well, what Fox News really wants to know is, are you fucking Satan?” The cartoon Trump denies the charge, but network figures on the show insist it is true and react with enthusiasm. One on-air character declares, “I think the president is definitely fucking Satan, and I love it,” while another calls the president “definitely fucking Satan” and “a stud.” The program stages a graphic demonstration, performed by a network analyst, explaining how sex could occur between the much larger Satan and the smaller cartoon president, including a joke about the president’s “teeny tiny” anatomy.
The episode also suggests the president “might become a father again,” a development played as part of the storyline’s provocative and surreal satire. The subplot sits alongside other narrative threads in the episode and uses the show’s trademark bluntness to lampoon political figures and partisan media outlets.
South Park, co-created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, has a long record of courting controversy and skewering politicians and media organizations across the ideological spectrum. The series has frequently blended crude humor and topical commentary to address current events, a method that has drawn both praise and criticism over its more than two decades on the air.
The new episode continues that pattern, using exaggerated caricature and explicit content to critique the media’s relationship to political spectacle. The Fox News parody in the episode does not treat the allegation as damaging to the president’s reputation; rather, it is depicted as a ratings-friendly scandal that the fictional network exploits and endorses.
Critics and viewers have long debated whether the show’s approach punches up at power or merely trades in shock value. In this episode, the show’s creators deploy sexual and religious imagery to make a pointed, if provocative, satirical point about the intersection of politics, celebrity and cable news commentary.
The installment will likely renew conversations about the boundaries of satire and the responsibilities of popular culture in depicting real-world figures. South Park’s use of explicit content and biting parody keeps the series squarely within the tradition of animated political satire that often courts controversy as part of its commentary.