The animated comedy show South Park recently ridiculed US President Donald Trump in its latest episode, which aired on Wednesday, humorously addressing his connections to cryptocurrency.
Titled “Sickofancy,” the episode featured scenes of parodied tech executives attempting to win Trump’s favor by presenting him with gifts and excessive flattery.
In two scenes, characters resembling Microsoft CEO Sundar Pichai and venture capitalist David Sacks, who now serves as a White House czar for crypto and AI, queue up to present Bitcoin (BTC) to Trump.
Source: David Sacks
Critics of Trump are voicing concerns about his pro-crypto policies, especially as he and his family have become more involved in the crypto space through a trading platform, stablecoins, tokens, and a crypto mining venture.
South Park’s latest Trump roast
The latest episode of South Park primarily satirizes an overdependence on AI, showcasing a character who turns his cannabis business into an AI startup after an ICE raid results in the arrest of his workers.
Seeking advice, the character is guided by a sycophantic ChatGPT to charm Trump and influence him to reclassify cannabis to rescue his enterprise. The show illustrates tech leaders, including Apple’s Tim Cook, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, gathered at the Oval Office to flatter Trump and offer him gifts.
A screenshot from the episode featuring Microsoft’s Sundar Pichai (third from left) holding a Bitcoin alongside Apple’s Tim Cook (center). Source: South Park/Paramount
The episode also lampoons Trump’s recent activation of the National Guard in the capital, depicting military presence overwhelming major sites in Washington, DC, continuing its long-standing joke about Trump having a small penis and his alleged relationship with Satan, while portraying Vice President JD Vance as a chubby toddler.
White House has slammed South Park over Trump jokes
South Park’s 27th season began in late July, with its first two episodes sharply criticizing Trump and his administration, prompting backlash from the White House.
The season premiere focused on Paramount’s $16 million settlement with Trump following a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, as Paramount secured $1.5 billion for streaming rights to South Park.
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The debut episode featured an AI-generated deepfake of Trump appearing naked in a desert, leading a White House spokesperson to label South Park as a “fourth-rate show” that “hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years,” clinging to stale ideas in a desperate search for attention.
South Park’s other crypto quips
South Park has been entertaining audiences for nearly 28 years and has humorously addressed cryptocurrency on several occasions.
An episode from 2022 mocked Matt Damon’s promotional campaign for Crypto.com, while an earlier episode from 2021 joked about a character convincing others that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were a “viable investment.”
Another 2021 episode featured Bitcoin as a common payment method in the future, with a character stating, “We’ve all decided centralized banking is rigged, so we trust more in fly-by-night Ponzi schemes.”
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