“South Park” is changing its name in what is the latest satirical jab at the White House, following President Donald Trump’s spree to rename a gulf, lakes and, most recently, even a state after “America.”
“Inspired by the bravery and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are changing the name of South Park to SOUTH AMERICA,” co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone said Tuesday. “We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount – a Skydance Capitulation.”
The rebrand landed a day after Trump appeared to suggest renaming New Mexico as “New America,” posting a flurry of photos of the state with the new name, days after he signed an executive order to change Lake Ontario to “Lake America.”
While the president can rename geographic landmarks, such as bodies of water, he has no power to rename a state. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham swiftly denounced the posts as an effort to distract from the war in Iran and rising prices.
In January 2025, on his first day back in office, Trump also signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” a change listed in the Geographic Names Information System and was shortly adopted afterwards for US-based users of Google and Apple maps.
