‘South Park’ Takes Aim at Trump’s D.C. Takeover as Season 27, Episode 3 Drops Trailer and Sets Release Date

“South Park” is taking on Donald Trump‘s Washington D.C. takeover in the third episode of its 27th season, set for release on Wednesday, Aug. 20, at 10 p.m..

The official “South Park” X account dropped a teaser Tuesday night for the new episode, titled “Sickofancy.” In the teaser, we see the show’s pseudo mascot, Towelie, the pot-smoking anthropomorphic towel, arrive in Washington on a bus, only to be met with hundreds of soldiers. Despite the dark clouds overhead and the tanks rolling through the streets, Towelie gleefully proclaims as he approaches the White House Lawn, “This seems like the perfect place for a towel!”

After Trump called for an aggressive clean-up of crime and homelessness in D.C., he rolled out hundreds of soldiers and federal agents into the streets of the Capitol. The White House also announced it would install an “emergency commissioner” into the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. On Aug. 14, Alec Baldwin addressed the takeovers in a TikTok video. He said that Trump’s deployment of troops into Washington and his move on the D.C Police are “of such great concern” to him.

“What’s gonna happen next? Is Trump going to federalize the New York City Police Department?” Baldwin said. “What’s after that? Chicago, L.A., Miami, Boston, and on and on? What’s after that? The NFL? The NBA? Is he gonna federalize them to take them over?”

The announcements also caught the attention of D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb, who sued the Trump administration for the “unlawful” moves.

“By declaring a hostile takeover of MPD, the Administration is abusing its limited, temporary authority under the Home Rule Act, infringing on the District’s right to self-governance and putting the safety of D.C. residents and visitors at risk,” Schwalb said in a statement. “The Administration’s unlawful actions are an affront to the dignity and autonomy of the 700,000 Americans who call D.C. home. This is the gravest threat to Home Rule that the District has ever faced, and we are fighting to stop it.”