South Park Creator Signals Plan to Turn Up the Heat on Donald Trump Satire

South Park is doubling down on its Trump takedowns, shrugging off GOP backlash and teasing even sharper satire ahead, with a November 8 interview signaling the show is only getting started.

South Park has been poking the Trump beehive again, caught heat for it, and is clearly not backing off. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been out talking about why they are doing it, what they think politics has turned into, and why they are leaning in harder. And yes, the numbers say people are watching.

What Parker and Stone are actually saying

In a November 8 conversation with the New York Times, the South Park creators basically said their Trump run is about staying unruly and doing the thing they are not supposed to do.

'We just had to show our independence somehow.'

They also framed the current media noise as one big political theme park — not just government, but the endless chatter about it.

'It is like the government is just in your face everywhere you look. Whether it is the actual government or whether it is all the podcasters and the TikToks and the YouTubes and all of that, and it is just all political and political because it is more than political. It is pop culture.'

So, are they targeting Trump more? Short answer: yeah

The duo described their creative compass as following whatever feels most off-limits at the moment. That means more Trump bits, not fewer.

'Trey and I are attracted to that like flies to honey. Oh, that is where the taboo is? Over there? OK, then we are over there.'

The ratings angle (and why everyone keeps talking about it)

The Hollywood Reporter has the show getting a sizable bump after a controversial Season 28 episode — enough to spark headlines way outside the usual animation bubble. The New York Times says the Comedy Central staple has seen strong viewership these past few months. Season 28 ratings are still pending, but Season 27 — which also included a Trump gag — pulled 5.9 million cross-platform viewers, per THR. The momentum got loud enough that even tiny scheduling tweaks became news items.

Quick detour: some claims floating around that do not really add up

The source material ties the broader comedy landscape to political pressure and includes a couple of eyebrow-raisers: it says CBS canceled The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and that Disney yanked Jimmy Kimmel's voice work, supposedly due to pressure from the top of the Trump administration. That does not square with reality; those late-night institutions are still very much alive. Consider this a good example of how messy the discourse around this stuff can get — and why Parker and Stone see politics and pop culture as one noisy blob.

How they got here, creatively

The timeline the creators lay out goes like this: after the Paramount–Skydance merger, they decided to bring in a Trump-centric episode. Initially, they thought it would be a one-and-done character pass. The response turned it into something bigger — they say they found a renewable comedy vein and kept digging.

'We basically start with a song and we do not know where the album is going to take us.'

What the recent episode actually does

The central gag: Donald Trump is expecting a baby with South Park's version of Satan. If you have been watching forever, Satan is an old recurring player — the show famously paired him with Saddam Hussein back in the late 90s. The source also points to Season 27 for another Trump parody and lists the premiere as 'Sermon on the Mount' on July 23, 2025, directed by Trey Parker.

Backlash and the counter-backlash

Critics — including GOP figures — took swings after the Trump material aired. One quote making the rounds is from Assistant Press Secretary Taylor Rogers, who called South Park a show 'hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention.' That kind of sniping usually just adds oxygen; expect more attention from Trump supporters and more noisy discourse around the next few episodes.

Where this leaves South Park

Bottom line: the creators are not pretending to be above the fray; they are sprinting straight into it. They have always hit both left and right, but right now the taboo they care about lives where Trump lives — and they are not done mining it. Season 28 numbers are still coming, but the viewership trend is in their favor, and the audience clearly shows up for the chaos.

South Park is available to stream on Apple TV.