The animated comedy series “South Park” mocked US President Donald Trump in its latest episode aired on Wednesday, satirizing his ties to crypto.
The episode titled “Sickofancy” depicted scenes showing parodied versions of tech executives wanting to curry favour with Trump by lining up to give him gifts and shower him with praise.
In two scenes, what appeared to be depictions of Microsoft CEO Sundar Pichai and venture capitalist-turned White House crypto and artificial intelligence czar David Sacks were lining up to gift Bitcoin (BTC) to Trump.
Trump’s critics have raised concerns over the president’s pro-crypto policy positions while he and his family have deepened ties to crypto with a trading platform, stablecoin, tokens and a crypto mining business.
“South Park” roasts Trump, AI
The latest “South Park” episode mainly satirizes overreliance on AI, with a character pivoting his cannabis farm into an AI startup after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid arrests his workers.
The character eventually gets advice from a sycophantic ChatGPT to butter up Trump and have him re-classify cannabis to save his business. The show depicts officials and tech executives, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, lining up at the Oval Office to flatter Trump and give him gifts.
The episode also parodied Trump’s recent deployment of the National Guard in the nation’s capital, depicting Washington, D.C., as overrun with military at major landmarks and continued its gag of depicting Trump with a small penis and sleeping with Satan, along with portraying Vice President JD Vance as a chubby-faced toddler.
White House slams “South Park” over Trump jokes
The show’s 27th season debuted in late July, and its first two episodes ripped on Trump and his administration, which caught the ire of the White House.
The season’s debut focused on Paramount’s $16 million settlement with Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris. Paramount recently paid $1.5 billion for the streaming rights to “South Park.”
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