Trump White House Rages Over 'South Park' Episode, Calls Show 'Fourth-Rate'

[Uncle Joe]

The president cowed Paramount execs, but the company’s talent is rebelling. Now, the administration is melting down

Satan (left) and Donald Trump (right) appear in 'South Park.'Comedy Central

Donald Trump’s White House is melting down over Wednesday night’s South Park premiere, which just so happened to attack the president’s “teeny tiny” manhood and depict him as literally in bed with the Devil, effectively taking over the role held on the show for years by the late genocidal dictator Saddam Hussein.

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The episode came just hours after it was reported that Paramount had agreed to buy the global streaming rights for South Park in a five-year deal worth $1.5 billion.

The twice-impeached, repeatedly indicted president has for decades harbored intense, mean-spirited pop-culture fixations, and that personality trait has not changed six months into his second administration. It would be easier to shrug off his celebrity obsessions as mere cattiness, if waging war on late-night television and its corporate owners weren’t an actual facet of his administration’s sprawling project of authoritarianism and fear.

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Paramount has faced mounting criticism over its efforts to cozy up to Trump. The executive producer of 60 Minutes quit in April, and said he was no longer allowed “to make independent decisions” running the show. The company’s decision to part ways with host Stephen Colbert and end his late night show has created an uproar, too.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-white-house-rages-south-park-premiere-1235393132/

[Ocelot II]

1. The more they whine about being lampooned in tv shows, the more they draw attention

to the lampooning. I don't usually watch either Colbert or South Park (I don't dislike either show, I just don't watch much network tv), but of course I went looking for these "offensive" items. If they were smart, which they are not, they'd just ignore the shows, no matter how harsh they get. But I suppose Trump insists that one of his mouthpieces express outrage and insult the show, since he always has to have the last word.

[PatSeg]

5. I totally agree

I hadn't watched Colbert since before the election, but when CBS announced they were canceling The Late Show, I started watching it again. I might even try watching South Park, though I never cared much for the show.

I agree, ignoring such shows would have been the best way to go, but now Trump's White House has given them free publicity. It's not like MAGA was watching either of them, so they aren't losing any viewers, just gaining some.

[pat_k]

17. Yep. Maximize damage to 47. Good for the opposition.

Utterly stupid response from them -- but that's right on brand from a band of stupid, incompetent, boot lickers.

[TuxedoKat]

2. Dumb

I never watch Southpark but now I want to see this episode. WH just guaranteed them a whole new audience.

[orangecrush]

3. That was the biggest "fuck you Trump"

In media history.

The non cartoon news media needs to follow the lead.

Pretty sad when a cartoon has to set an example of guts.

[intrepidity]

30. Comics and cartoons tell the most truth. nt

[orangecrush]

31. Been doing so

For centuries.

[rubbersole]

4. Oh, Donnie..

...buckle up, Buttercup. This spiraling shitstorm is just starting.

[Dr. T]

10. Dipshit Donnie is a mega snowflake.

So easily offended. As Bugs Bunny would say, "boo hoo hoo".

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. This made me smile

[Paladin]

7. A dead-bang perfect trashing of both trump AND Paramount! What a glorious accomplishment!

Our pathetic baby of a president, exposed once more, for all the world to see. Brilliant!

[C_U_L8R]

8. Comedy will kill him.

Rise up, you jokesters.

[littlemissmartypants]

23. And someone recently...

Questioned with great enthusiasm the efficacy of clowning as a protest tool.

There is an actual on line workshop on the subject.

ACTIVIST CLOWN TOOLKIT: Become An Activist Clown Mocking Authoritarianism

https://www.robynhambrook.com/the-activist-clown-toolkit.html

[JoseBalow]

9. It was hilarious!

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South Park never fails to deliver

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ETA: This video was not "age restricted" when I posted it here earlier today. This is YouTube (Google) censoring the video retroactively, after the controversy surrounding the episode has gained attention. Lame.

[gfarber]

11. The Devil's Thrall

A President, quite irate,
Found "South Park" sealed his sad fate.
With manhood so small,
And the Devil's thrall,
His White House was in a meltdown state.

[pat_k]

21. Wonderful!!!

[wiggs]

12. Might be the only time some MAGAs see something critical of TSF. nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

13. I recorded it and just watched.

Brilliant as always. So much is in there. NPR funding cut, Jesus, Woke, litigiousness on steroids, and vanity galore!!!

My question: Why have they made Trump a Canadian?

[MayReasonRule]

18. They Made Trump A Canadian To Fuck With Trump 'Cause He Wants To Make Canada A State Of The United States

It's just one more giant fuck you.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

25. "Epstein files. Are we still talking aboot that?"

Such perfection.

[Borogove]

27. Bestiality too.

[Paladin]

14. trump is so fucking stupid.

If he had the capacity to act like an adult and be good-natured, even amused by this "South Park" critique (you know, the way Obama or Biden would handle it), the whole thing would be out of the news and forgotten by day's end. As it is, his typical hysterical outrage will guarantee a massive number of views of the episode, and likely establish it as a classic political statement for years to come. Thanks for living down to our expectations again, trump...

[rubbersole]

20. He'll make Skydance/Paramount cancel South Park or deny the merger.

In 5,4,3,2,1...

[Javaman]

15. I don't think anyone expected this!

[NBachers]

16. South Park just got billion $ advertising boost courtesy of DJ T. I've never watched it, but now I'm going to check it

out.

CBS? I can still remember the headlines when Nixon canceled The Smothers Brothers . I’m still resentful about that.

[MayReasonRule]

22. I Remember That As Well... Nixon Was A Fascist Shit In His Own Right...

[Jimvanhise]

19. TREMENDOUS PUBLIITY

People who haven't watched South Park in years will now tune in and no doubt they will do a sequel to this episode with emphasis on Epstein. Trump doesn't realize how easy he's getting off compared to what they'll do next.

[MLWR]

24. We don't call him "Trumpelthinskin" for no reason.

[Ninga]

26. This is rich! More, more, more, more!!! Keep 'em coming!

[pansypoo53219]

28. i thought he was in bed w/ putin.

+ epstein.

[CountMyVote4Reality]

29. Brilliant sharp-elbows satire. So funny.

TSF’s humiliation is beyond any rumored pee tape. I love it!