Usually south park's relevancy feels very fake and surface level to me, but it's really something how trump and his base are actually, visibly much more enraged by this than they've been about any other criticism, any other show, any other enemy I've seen in the entire near-decade of his political career. Fucking South Park got to them more than the combined effort of a million other comedians, journalists, parodies, academic criticisms or protest efforts. Like it's BAD. Like they want the creators in prison and want to consider this a hate crime.
What they actually do in this episode that has magas losing their shit, besides Trump dating Satan:
-The same voice and even distinct music they used for Saddam Hussein 26 years ago is used for Trump, with Satan complaining that Trump is exactly like his ex.
-Trump is depicted threatening to sue an artist for not painting him with a bigger penis than he actually has.
-The media is depicted as spinelessly holding back their true feelings about Trump to avoid getting sued.
-A B-plot has Cartman wanting to kill himself because he no longer feels "special" in an America that has become more hateful than he is.
-Jesus Christ is depicted as having also been silenced by a Trump lawsuit and lives in fear of saying anything bad about Trump out loud.
-Epstein is brought up of course.
-The episode ends airing a convincing AI deepfake of Trump stripping naked as he wanders through a desert, then his tiny floppy penis sprouts cartoon eyes and says "I'm Donald Trump and I approved this message." This is the part magas believe should count as an actual felony crime, and funny enough also comes right after Trump gave a rambling speech endorsing AI and an executive order to protect it from liability. It's only been a day or two, and is now the first time in history that the white house is officially arguing with a tv show.
