OpEd: Trump's 'South Park' Problem
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... They said last year they were done with Donald Trump. They didn't know what more they could say about him.

But in the return to the airwaves of Comedy Central stalwart South Park " the first episode since March 2023 " the creators of the irreverent, long-running cartoon series just couldn't resist.

Trump is skewered for his connections to Jeffrey Epstein, and he is depicted as a man who has lined the walls of the White House with naked photos of himself. He's also portrayed as being in a relationship with the Devil, who is concerned Trump is starting to act a lot like one of his former lovers, Saddam Hussein. "It's weird that whenever [the Epstein list] comes up, you just tell everyone to relax," the Devil tells Trump.

It's the latest sign that Trump has lost control of the Epstein narrative, and that the saga has broken Washington containment and permeated deep into popular culture. That makes it the worst kind of White House mess. ...