‘South Park' Creators Reveal Why They Made Trump the Ultimate Antagonist This Season

South Park creators TreyParker and Matt Stone revealed why they gave President DonaldTrump such a large role in the most recent season of the animated comedy. The duo opened up during a video spot for the 19th Television Academy Honors.

"We've always known that our job was, we're supposed to be the joker. You need that. You need someone just making fun of things," Parker said. "It's a great thing to be able to be. And unfortunately, right now, we have a president who thinks his job is to be the joker."

Stone added, "And so that's why we dove into the [27th and 28th] season and actually put Trump in there and Jesus and started talking about Christian nationalism and all that stuff. Because we had to let people know, for better or worse, if you like it or you don't, it's like, this is us, ok? No one's telling us [what to do]."

Since South Park premiered in 1997, it has been the subject of many controversies.

"For 30 years, you've always had some group trying to tell you what you can and can't say," Parker said. "And that group has changed. That group has been liberal. That group's been Republican."

The adult cartoon took a two-year hiatus until July 2025, returning with one of its most political seasons yet. The first episode of Season 27 established Trump as the antagonist, portrayed in bed with his lover, Satan.

The South Park creators aim to push back on current events. In a New York Timesinterview, Parker claimed, "politics became pop culture."

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

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This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM.