South Park – I mean, South America – is back, with no Donald Trump in sight (yet)

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What happened

After adopting the president’s fondness for renaming things ‘America’, the season 29 premiere sees Trey Parker and Matt Stone use e-bikes to critique the ruination of the US South Park has been renamed South America.

Key facts

  • After adopting the president’s fondness for renaming things ‘America’, the season 29 premiere sees Trey Parker and Matt Stone use e-bikes to critique the ruination of the US South Park has been renamed South America.
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:54:19 UTC.

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