South Park Blasts Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook for Appeasing Trump in Latest Politically Charged Episode

South Park is firing away at tech billionaires and foreign leaders for taking steps to appease President Donald Trump in its latest episode.

After airing two previous eyebrow-raising installments of season 27, including a naked Trump PSA, the latest episode on Wednesday, Aug. 20 delivered fresh shots at the White House and is titled “Sickofancy,” an apparent spin on the word “sycophancy,” meaning insincere praise delivered to get ahead.

True to its name, the episode depicted Trump at the White House, hosting a seemingly never-ending lineup of world leaders and billionaires, each one required to bring him a gift and tell him that he does not have a small penis — a nod to a running joke from the season premiere.

The scene includes a cartoon appearance by Apple CEO Tim Cook, who, in real life, recently met with the president in the Oval Office and announced plans to invest billions in U.S. manufacturing, while stopping short of conceding to Trump’s wish for a fully made-in-America iPhone.

There’s also a cartoon depiction of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who over the years has shifted from banning Trump from Facebook in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol to allowing him back and announcing an end to fact-checking on the platform, a step some viewed as a tool to try to win favor with the reelected president.

The rest of the episode focuses on longtime recurring characters Randy Marsh and Towelie attempting to save their weed farm — after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid takes their workers — by consuming ketamine and transforming it into a technology platform.

Meanwhile, Randy becomes addicted to artificial intelligence while trying to solve all of his problems and Towelie travels to D.C. to try to convince the president to declassify weed as a Schedule 1 narcotic. He arrives to find Trump’s military takeover of the town, in a depiction mirroring the president’s actual announcement on Monday, Aug. 11, in which he assumed federal control of the Metropolitan Police Department while deploying the National Guard to the nation’s capital.

“Today we’re formally declaring a public safety emergency,” Trump said in a during a news conference at the time. Since then, troops have poured into the city, leading to increased arrests and protests.

This month, a resolution has been introduced in Congress that would allow Trump to extend federal police department control beyond the initial 30-day limit.

In the South Park episode, Trump has also engraved his face on the Lincoln Memorial and other monuments, which also depict his “teeny tiny” penis — a callback to the season premiere.

It ends on a cliffhanger, in which Trump’s lover, Satan, and Towelie plot an escape from the president’s clutches.

In response to the season premiere, the Trump administration issued a statement criticizing the long-running show, which first premiered in 1997, as “desperate.”

“The left’s hypocrisy truly has no end — for years they have come after South Park for what they labeled as ‘offense’ content, but suddenly they are praising the show,” spokesperson Taylor Rogers told EW in a statement, adding that “just like the creators of South Park, the left has no authentic or original content.”

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“This show hasn’t been relevant for over 20 years and is hanging on by a thread with uninspired ideas in a desperate attempt for attention,” the statement continued. “President Trump has delivered on more promises in just six months than any other president in our country’s history — and no fourth-rate show can derail President Trump’s hot streak.”

South Park airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central and streams next day on Paramount+. The show’s entire catalogue is also available to stream on Paramount+ and Max.