The new episode of South Park titled "Got A Nut," which aired on August 6, mercilessly mocks U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as part of its satirical take on the Trump administration. The episode centers on Mr. Mackey, the South Park Elementary school counselor, who loses his job and then joins Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to pay his bills. During his ICE orientation, Mackey watches a recruitment video featuring a glamorized Kristi Noem, who chillingly admits to shooting her family dog, mirroring Noem’s real-life 2024 admission of euthanizing her dog because it was “untrainable.” This brutal dog-shooting becomes a recurring gag, starkly criticizing Noem's controversial reputation.

Mr. Mackey’s initiation into ICE leads him to participate in a raid at a family-friendly event, “Dora the Explorer Live!” where Noem comically and disturbingly shoots a service dog in the audience. The episode escalates its satire by showing Noem directing an ICE raid in heaven with a racist undertone, ordering agents to detain “only the brown.” As Mackey proves competent, he is called to Mar-a-Lago, where former President Donald Trump appoints him the “new face of Homeland Security,” complaining that Noem's looks are unsettling. The episode highlights absurdity with Trump inviting Mackey to a bedroom scene featuring Satan lounging alongside a toddler-sized Vice President JD Vance, mixing dark comedy with pointed political critique.

In addition to Noem and ICE, the episode parodies conservative culture, including a subplot where a fourth grader named Clyde gains fame as a white nationalist podcaster, angering Eric Cartman. The episode uses caricatures with exaggerated traits to lampoon key political figures and their policies, such as Noem’s strict immigration enforcement and Trump’s administration’s deportation agenda. The creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, continue their tradition of sharp political satire, undeterred by criticism from the White House, which dismissed the show as irrelevant and accused it of clinging to attention through uninspired ideas.

This episode is part of South Park’s ongoing critique of the Trump administration following earlier controversial portrayals, including an episode showing Trump in bed with Satan. The show employs shocking and provocative imagery to spark conversation about political and social issues. Despite backlash from some political figures, the Department of Homeland Security even leveraged the episode in its recruitment efforts on social media, prompting a quick-witted response from the South Park account. By entwining real-world controversies with absurdist humor, the episode exemplifies the creators’ commitment to challenging prevailing political narratives through satire.