Donald Trump’s Unfiltered Take on South Park Might Surprise You

South Park has been roasting Donald Trump for years, and he has mostly kept quiet about it. Now we have a clearer idea why — and no, he does not think it is funny.

The short version

• On The Daily Beast Podcast, former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Trump hates satire and does not find South Park funny.
• Scaramucci also suggested Trump ignores the show because he is more focused on going after news outlets than animated comedy.
• South Park has gone hard at Trump across the last two seasons, including mocking his appearance and building storylines where a Trump stand-in has sexual relationships with Satan and with Vice President J.D. Vance.
• Comedian Patton Oswalt, on The Last Laugh podcast, floated a different angle: the show's success and money might be why Trump has not blasted it publicly.
• This chatter started making the rounds after Anubhav Chaudhry highlighted it at SuperHeroHype, and it spread from there.

What Scaramucci says

Scaramucci, who worked briefly in Trump's White House and has since become a frequent commentator, did not sugarcoat it on The Daily Beast Podcast:

'They hate the satire. Trump does not find it funny, trust me.'

According to him, Trump prefers to aim his public rants at journalists and major outlets rather than at a cartoon. Scaramucci framed it like this: if Trump's getting airtime on big platforms, that is what he cares about; an animated show clowning on him is not where he wants to spend his outrage. He even referenced a recent South Park gag pairing animated Trump with J.D. Vance in bed — and, yes, Scaramucci admitted he thought that bit was funny — to make the point that Trump still sees little upside in punching down at a cartoon.

How South Park has used Trump lately

The show has not been subtle. Over the last two seasons, South Park has:

– Riffed on Trump's look, mannerisms, and persona

– Dropped him into outlandish plots, including sexual relationships with Satan and with Vice President J.D. Vance

Yes, that last part is exactly what you think it is. The series leans into the absurd, and it is not pulling punches.

Oswalt's theory: why the silence?

Patton Oswalt took a different route on The Last Laugh, arguing that Trump respects one thing above all: numbers. Ratings. Revenue. If those are high, he holds his fire.

'Nothing shuts Trump up like money.'

Oswalt's read is that Trump does not clock how clever South Park or John Oliver might be; he looks at performance. If the numbers are through the roof, that is the language he understands, even if the content is dragging him.

Why this is bubbling up now

Scaramucci's podcast remarks sparked a fresh round of interest, and SuperHeroHype was early in corralling the key takeaways before it spread across entertainment sites. The bottom line: Trump has noticed South Park. He is not amused. He is just choosing not to engage — whether that is a media strategy, a numbers game, or both.