“South Park” resumed its 27th season on Paramount+ on 7 August with an episode titled “Got A Nut,” extending the show’s pointed satire of President Donald Trump’s second-term administration. The half-hour portrays Trump wandering nude in the desert after being rejected by Satan, while a toddler-sized Vice President JD Vance shadows him at Mar-a-Lago. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is depicted in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement orientation video casually admitting she “shot [her] puppy in the face,” a reference to an episode in her 2024 memoir. The animated Noem repeatedly shoots more dogs, leads ICE raids—including one at a Dora the Explorer concert—and instructs agents to “only detain the brown ones.” Episode two follows a season-premiere that drew roughly 6 million viewers, the show’s largest audience since 1999, and triggered an official White House statement dismissing the series as “fourth-rate” and “irrelevant for over 20 years.” Ahead of the latest broadcast, the Department of Homeland Security reposted a teaser image to recruit ICE officers, prompting the show’s account to respond, “Wait, so we ARE relevant?” With its latest installment, the 27-year-old franchise maintains pressure on the Trump administration, blending real-world controversies—such as Noem’s dog-shooting admission and criticism of federal immigration policy—with its trademark irreverence.