South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone recently called President Donald Trump a “joker” during a quick video spot for the 19th Television Academy Honors, which aired on May 20, 2026. The pair spoke about the 79-year-old while discussing the politically charged season 27 of South Park, which featured Trump as the villain.
Trey Parker talks about Donald Trump
South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone recently spoke about Donald Trump during a video spot for the 19th Television Academy Honors.
The pair discussed their role in comedy and opened up about why they chose to make the president the villain in the latest season of their show. “For 30 years, you’ve always had some group trying to tell you what you can and can’t say,” Trey Parker said (via Variety), “And that group has changed. That group has been liberal. That group’s been Republican. 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. 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.”
Matt Stone added to this, “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].”
The 27th season of South Park, which came after a hiatus of two years, premiered with Donald Trump as a major antagonist and showed him in bed with his lover, Satan. This episode was one of the most controversial episodes in the history of South Park.
