Overview
- Trey Parker told the Television Academy Honors in a pre-recorded video that on May 20 he believes "we have a president who thinks his job is to be the joker."
- Matt Stone said the pair put President Trump and religious figures into recent seasons to examine Christian nationalism and to defend the show’s creative independence.
- The series returned in July 2025 with an explicit, politically charged premiere that used provocative imagery and AI-altered material to make Trump a central antagonist.
- The White House, led by spokesperson Taylor Rogers, publicly criticized the episodes as irrelevant, a response the creators say helped motivate continued Trump-focused satire.
- The relaunch delivered strong audience and industry interest, the creators use a fast-turnaround production model to react to politics in real time, and a new season is scheduled to start in September.