'South Park' teases jab at Trump’s D.C. takeover as Season 27 episode 3 drops explosive trailer. How to watch for free

'South Park' has taken aim at the Trump administration once again' and this time over the US President's crime crackdown in Washington DC. The latest episode showed tanks and marching troops at national landmarks. The short, 20-second trailer for Wednesday’s episode, titled “Sickofancy,” featured recurring character “Towelie” traveling to the nation’s capital and seeing it swarming with US National Guard troops.

The raunchy Comedy Central cartoon has hit viewership records in its 27th season as it mocks Donald Trump and his close allies. In the next preview for its next episode, the Comedy Central series dropped hints that the show will spoof Trump's law enforcement crackdown in Washington DC.

So far, “South Park” characters have depicted a small-penis Trump in a relationship with Satan, a miniature Vice President JD Vance waiting on Trump’s every demand and a Botox-filled puppy-killing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.


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South Park takes aim at Trump again

The clip shows Towelie, a talking towel who originated in a 2001 episode, arriving on a bus to the nation's capital, only to find it's swarming with troops and military tanks. “This seems like a perfect place for a towel,” the cartoon character said as he watched a tank drive between him and the White House.
One can also see US military personnel and vehicles patrolling near the US Supreme Court as Towelie marveled at the scene.

The episode comes a month after Trump deployed hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., in what he described as a crackdown on rampant crime. Mayor Muriel Bowser has pushed back on Trump's claims, saying that the capital is "not experiencing a crime spike". On August 11, Trump took control of DC's Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under emergency powers in the Home Rule Act. It gives power to the President to federalize MPD for up to 30 days, unless Congress extends the duration.

The president also ordered 800 National Guard troops to be deployed in the nation’s capital as part of his effort to reduce crime and homelessness in the city. “South Park” has focused its 27th season so far on mocking the Trump administration and its recent initiatives.

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Season 27 South Park Episode 3

The "South Park" episode, which is set to air on Wednesday, August 20, is titled "Sickofancy," and the synopsis simply reads, "Towelie goes to Washington, D.C." The show has recently been nabbing strong ratings and drawing heat from the White House, with a season that has featured unusually pointed criticism of Trump and his administration.

The show also showed Trump in bed with Satan during the season 27 premiere in late July while talking about his alleged Jeffrey Epstein cover-up. It also took potshots at his recent settlement with CBS and its parent company Paramount Global.

New episodes have also mocked Vice President JD Vance, depicting him as a tiny, groveling servant to the president. They have also depicted U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as a trigger-happy government official who shoots and kills dogs. The dig against Noem was a reference to an anecdote from her 2024 memoir where she described having to shoot a misbehaving dog on her ranch in the past.

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The White House responded to the episode, with spokesperson Taylor Rogers slamming the series in a statement to Fox News Digital. “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,” he said.

“South Park” is airing the third episode of season 27 on Comedy Central on Wednesday, Aug. 20 at 10 p.m. You can watch live as it premieres on Philo (free trial) or DirecTV (free trial) or Fubo TV (free trial) or Sling TV (half off first month).