South Park Rebrands as 'South America' Before Season 29, Mocking Trump's 'Lake America' Order
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Updated · ms.now · Sep 8
South Park Rebrands as 'South America' Before Season 29, Mocking Trump's 'Lake America' Order
3 articles · Updated · ms.now · Sep 8
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Comedy Central said "South Park" will appear as "South America" when its 29th season premieres Sept. 16, turning the rename into a direct jab at Trump's order on Lake Ontario.
The show's statement thanked Apple and Google for their "bravery and patriotism" after both map apps adopted "Lake America" for some users despite Trump's lack of unilateral authority over the international lake.
Paramount also got mocked as a "Skydance Capitulation," tying the joke to the FCC-approved Paramount-Skydance merger after Paramount paid $16 million to settle Trump's civil lawsuit.
The rebrand lands in a worsening U.S.-Canada trade fight: Trump hit $20 billion of Canadian goods with tariffs of up to 50%, and Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on roughly $20 billion of U.S. imports Tuesday.
That same day, Trump also moved to bar Canadian-origin products from federal procurement schedules, extending a broader campaign that previously renamed the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."