South Park’s war with Donald Trump rumbles on, this time after the U.S. government used the show to promote ICE.
The official Twitter / X account of the United States Department of Homeland Security posted a still from a recent South Park trailer to promote the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s website.
https://t.co/nZkBEj3GGi pic.twitter.com/N7cFpDhb7W
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) August 5, 2025
The still used was taken from the trailer for this week’s episode, which takes on President Trump once again. It includes a shot of Mr. Mackey looking nervous in the back of an ICE van, which appears to be on its way to a deportation of some kind.
South Park then responded to troll Donald Trump, quote tweeting the post with the following: “Wait, so we ARE relevant? #eatabagofdicks”
Wait, so we ARE relevant?#eatabagofdicks https://t.co/HeQSMU86Da
— South Park (@SouthPark) August 5, 2025
That’s a direct response to the White House’s official statement in response to the South Park Season 27 premiere, which featured a scathing parody of President Trump.
“The Left’s hypocrisy truly has no end — for years they have come after South Park for what they labeled as ‘offense’ [sic] content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” Trump White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers told Rolling Stone.
“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. 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. President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history — and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.”
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are clearly up for a fight with the Trump administration, and are doubling down on the topical parodies. Today’s episode, called Got A Nut, sees Mr. Mackay lose his job and desperately try to find a new way to make a living. He ends up working for ICE, although it looks like he’s having second thoughts.
It’s worth noting that this week’s episode is actually delayed from last week. Neither Comedy Central nor Parker or Stone have explained the skip, but during their San Diego Comic-Con 2025 panel, which took place the day after the Trump-skewering episode aired, Parker said they were unsure what the next episode would be, revealing the decision was “super stressful.”
Parker and Stone create each episode of South Park week by week, which makes for a chaotic production, but topical shows.
The teaser trailer for tonight’s episode shows Trump groping Satan’s leg under a table during a public dinner event. Satan doesn’t look like he’s having a great time. The Season 27 premiere showed Trump lying in bed with Satan, so it looks like their relationship will be a running theme during the show.
South Park’s epic season continues on Wednesday, August 6 at 10/9c on Comedy Central and next day on Paramount+. pic.twitter.com/zLMHM9J4aP
— South Park (@SouthPark) July 29, 2025
But that scene wasn’t the main talking point coming out of the premiere. Rather, it was a scene showing a live-action Trump shuffling through the desert before removing all of his clothes. “His penis is teeny tiny, but his love for us is large,” a “South Park Pro-Trump” PSA voiceover says.
During the Comic-Con panel, Parker revealed the creative duo insisted Trump’s penis was shown in all its glory, even though they received a note from the network asking for it to be blurred. “They were like, okay, but we’re gonna blur the penis. And I’m like, no, you’re not going to blur it.”
Parker and Stone dodged blurring Trump’s penis by adding little eyes and turning it into a character. But even doing that “was a whole conversation with a lot of grown up people for about four f***ing days. It’s a character!”
Parker and Stone were then jokingly warned that there was a subpoena waiting for them among the cards containing panel questions. The response: “That’s fine man, I’m ready.”
The F.C.C. recently approved Skydance’s $8 billion merger with Paramount, which had needed Trump administration approval. Neither Parker nor Stone addressed the merger, which they had criticized for delaying South Park Season 27’s release date, during the Comic-Con panel, nor did they respond to the White House’s statement.
However, Parker and Stone have a big-money deal of their own: a reported $1.5 billion contract to make 50 episodes of South Park over five years for Paramount.
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
