South Park Skewers Trump Tariffs and Labubu Dolls with Satan Pregnancy

South Park returned Wednesday night with an episode that skewers President Donald Trump by linking his tariff policies to a pandemic of collectible plush toys and a sex-tinged supernatural subplot, airing on Comedy Central at 10 p.m. The episode centers on Butters trying to buy a scarce Labubu doll for a girlfriend, only to find prices inflated by presidential tariffs, while a broader satire portrays Trump in a romantic pairing with Satan that culminates in a startling punch line: Satan reveals she is pregnant with the president's child.

The half hour weaves three main threads. In the town of South Park, a Labubu craze among elementary school students sparks a fistfight over authenticity and stokes ritualistic online behavior, with one scene played for horror showing a child performing a pentagram ritual on an unboxed doll. At the school, a newly installed counselor, Jesus, struggles to explain the phenomenon. Back at the center of national attention, the show depicts Trump and Satan disembarking Air Force One amid fawning cable coverage that repeatedly asks whether the president is literally consorting with the devil. The episode ends with Satan saying she cannot leave the...