The third episode of this season’s South Park once again went all in at Donald Trump, skewering his takeover of Washington, D.C. while positing that even Satan wants to escape from him.
The premise was that Towelie gets sent to Washington, D.C. to try to convince him to reclassify marijuana at the federal level. On a tour of the Capitol, the stoner towel visits various sites, now filled with National Guard troops, and where the heads of famous statues have been replaced by Trump’s.
At one point Towelie walks through a militarized Union Station, which is especially relevant. Earlier on Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth actually visited the landmark train depot, to some boos.
On meeting Trump, Towelie waits in a long line of visitors bearing gifts, now a prerequisite for any presidential request. Earlier in the episode was a spoof of visitors sucking up to the president assuring him that he did not have a small penis, along with Tim Cook giving Trump a plaque with a 24-karat gold base (the latter is something that actually happened).
“Please make sure you have a reservation and that you have your gifts ready,” a presidential aide tells those in line. “Please stay five feet away from the president at all time and avoid staring directly into his penis.”
As it turns out, the gift Towelie is carrying is a hologram of Randy Marsh who, with the help of ChatGPT, is trying to transform his marijuana farm into a tech company. “In order for our company to make $6 billion we need you to reclassify marijuana on the national level,” Marsh says to Trump. “With your wisdom, I’m sure we can work out an arrangement that will be mutually beneficial in return for your understanding.”
The real gift to Trump, as it turns out, is Towlie, who is then trapped at the White House with Satan.
Later, after Trump wants to have sex with Satan, the devil escapes to the bathroom, and laments, “What am I doing here?” On the towel rack, Towelie tells him, “Please, I want to get out of here.
“So do I, but there is no escape from this place,” Satan responds.
The episode, “Sickofancy,” also spoofed ICE, which has rounded up almost all of Marsh’s workers in his marijuana fields. That compels Marsh to turn to ChatGPT, which offers affirmations for every stupid idea while churning out tech jargon. As aspiring tech bros, Marsh and Towelie soon find themselves addicted to ketamine.
Trump himself has yet to comment on South Park, but the White House did after the first episode of the season debuted in July, also featuring the president in bed with Satan. “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,” a White House spokesperson said. “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.”