New insights have surfaced about Donald Trump’s stance on South Park, stirring quiet buzz online. The show has repeatedly mocked Trump and his administration but the president hasn’t publicly addressed it.
Donald Trump doesn’t find South Park funny
In a recent episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci said, “They hate the satire. Trump does not find it funny, trust me.” Although Trump has publicly criticized late-night hosts and news media outlets, he has not been as vocal about the long-running animated series.
Scaramucci explained that Trump’s media priorities influence his silence on the show. “His attitude is he wants to go after the news. If they’re putting him on 60 Minutes and they’ve muted all of these left-leaning journalists that attack him, that’s OK. And if they’ve got some joker making animation videos of him and Vance in bed with each other — which was really funny by the way — what’s the big deal? You know what I mean?”
The show has repeatedly portrayed Trump in controversial and exaggerated scenarios. Over the past two seasons, South Park has mocked Trump’s appearance and featured his character in storylines involving sexual relationships with Satan and Vice President J.D. Vance.
Comedian Patton Oswalt also commented on Trump’s reaction to the series during an episode of The Last Laugh podcast. Oswalt speculated that Trump’s lack of criticism may be due to the show’s commercial success.
“Nothing shuts Trump up like money,” he said. “Trump can only be so angry at that, because what Trump ultimately will respect, even if it doesn’t respect him, is something where the numbers are through the roof, and the money is through the roof.”
Oswalt added, “He can’t look at South Park and see how brilliant it is, and he can’t look at something like John Oliver and see how equally brilliant it is. All he can think of in terms of, look at this guy’s numbers, look at their numbers, and that’s the only way he sees the world.”
