White House Issues Official Statement Raging at ‘South Park’ Over Episode Skewering Trump

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The Trump White House hit back at South Park after the long-running satire program pulled absolutely no punches in skewering President Donald Trump and its corporate owners, Paramount, in their season 27 premiere on Wednesday night.

“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 in a statement.

“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,” Rogers fumed.

The show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, inked a massive $1.5 billion deal with Paramount for the streaming rights to the show for the next five years, reported various media outlets earlier in the week.

South Park sparked headlines across the media on Thursday for its depiction of a depraved and lawless Trump as president, in an episode that skewered everything from Trump defunding NPR to his propensity for suing critics to his embrace of devout Christians while not personally adhering to social conservative values. Parker and Stone also explicitly roasted Paramount for settling a recent lawsuit with Trump and for cancelling late-night host Stephen Colbert, which many critics saw as part of an effort to appease Trump to get Paramount’s merger with Skydance approved.

Trump claimed in a Truth Social post on Tuesday that his settlement with Paramount, the parent company of CBS News as well, is actually worth $36 million – not the previously reported $16 million. Trump claimed the $20 million difference will come in “advertising” promised to him by Paramount. In the South Park episode, Trump also sues the town, which then must create pro-Trump content for the president as part of their settlement as well. The episode ends with a searing “pro-Trump ad” that depicts an overweight Trump walking through the desert naked.