Donald Trump’s trade policy wreaks havoc on the Labubu market in the new teaser trailer for the next episode of South Park.
As the show continues its prickly onslaught against pretty much every facet of the second Trump admin, the description for the new episode reads: “Butters experiences the reality of tariffs when he has to buy a Labubu doll for his girlfriend’s birthday.”
In the new 15-second teaser, two students feud over whether one of their Labubus is real or fake, leading to a meeting with the school’s befuddled new guidance counselor, Jesus: “What is a Labubu?” the son of God asks, dumbfounded.
That’s the only real plot-adjacent snippet in the clip, though there’s also a quick shot of Trump descending the steps of Air Force One with his sheepish-looking lover Satan following behind him.
The fourth episode of South Park Season 27 is set to air tomorrow, Sept. 3, on Comedy Central.
The show returned at the end of July after more than two years off the air. Creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker blamed the delay partly on the “shitshow” merger between Skydane and Comedy Central’s parent company Paramount, which was finally approved last month.
Since returning, South Park has relentlessly attacked Trump and his administration. In the first episode, for instance, they satirized part of Paramount’s pre-merger lawsuit settlement with Trump after the president accused CBS News’ 60 Minutes of election interference for how it edited an interview with Kamala Harris. Trump has said that the deal includes a $16 million settlement, plus $20 million “from the new Owners, in Advertising, PSAs, or similar Programming.” South Park skewered the PSA arrangement with a phony spot showing a fully nude Trump wandering the desert with a “teeny tiny” penis.
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Subsequent episodes, meanwhile, have focused on ICE raids and conservative “debate” culture, as well as Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington D.C.
From Rolling Stone US
