The animated comedy (South Park) satirized the relationship between President Trump and cryptocurrency in its latest episode aired on Wednesday. The episode is titled (Sickofancy), where tech leaders line up to give gifts and praise Trump to win his favor.
One scene shows characters resembling Microsoft CEO Sundar Pichai and White House crypto and AI advisor David Sachs gifting Bitcoin to Trump.
Critics are concerned about Trump's support for cryptocurrency policies, believing that his family's ties to cryptocurrency trading platforms, stablecoins, and crypto mining are deepening.
(South Park)'s latest satire on Trump
This episode also satirizes the over-reliance on AI, where a character transforms their marijuana farm into an AI startup after an immigration raid, seeking advice from ChatGPT to appease Trump to save the business.
In the episode, tech giants like Apple CEO Tim Cook, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Meta's Mark Zuckerberg visit the White House to curry favor with Trump and present him with gifts.
The White House's response to (South Park) mocking Trump
(South Park) has frequently mocked Trump and his administration since its 27th season began airing at the end of July, even angering the White House, and this season exposed the disputes between Trump and cryptocurrency.
(South Park) Other satires related to cryptocurrency
The show mocks Matt Damon for promoting Crypto.com and the investment value of NFTs, and describes Bitcoin as a major future payment method in mid-2021, jokingly stating, 'We trust temporary Ponzi schemes more.'
