The hit comedy series South Park has revealed it will be rebranded as South America ahead of launching its 29th season on September 16.

Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone explained that, “Motivated by the courage and patriotism of Apple and Google, we are renaming South Park to SOUTH AMERICA. We especially want to thank our parent company Paramount—a Skydance Capitulation.”

Their announcement follows President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America amid a trade dispute with Canada, a change Canadian officials have refused to acknowledge.

Apple and Google subsequently updated their mapping services, displaying “Lake America” to U.S. users while Canadian users still see “Lake Ontario.”

This action came a day after Trump posted AI‑generated messages on Truth Social proposing that New Mexico be called “New America.”

Last year Trump issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, prompting worldwide criticism.

The series earned an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program for its episode “Sermon on the Mount,” which debuted last year and satirizes Trump’s presidency.

The reference to a “Skydance Capitulation” follows the $8 billion merger of Paramount with Skydance, a deal cleared by the Federal Communications Commission after Paramount settled a $16 million lawsuit filed by Trump.

Trump claimed that an interview with then‑candidate Kamala Harris, broadcast on CBS’s “60 Minutes” in 2024, was deceptively edited.

In July 2025, Paramount’s subsidiary CBS News announced it would cancel Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” for financial reasons, shortly after Colbert accused Paramount of paying Trump a “big fat bribe.” The series’ final episode aired in May.

Neither Paramount nor the White House have yet responded to requests for comment.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated he has no regrets about starting the Iran war and added that “If I had it to do again, I would do exactly what I did.”

Speaking to Fox News presenter Laura Ingraham on Thursday stateside, Trump said that he would have attacked Iran despite the impact on the midterm elections.

“If we hadn’t done Iran, you would be cruising to midterms victory right now,” Ingraham told Trump, to which Trump replied “supposing we were cruising, and all of a sudden Iran has a nuclear weapon. They would use it.”

He added that if Iran had a nuclear weapon, the Islamic Republic would “wipe out” Israel and the Middle East, and start hitting U.S. cities.

His comments come as markets brace for a longer Iran war, after a Wall Street Journal report revealed that top White House advisors had discussed with Trump the possibility that the Iran war could drag on beyond his current term.

Trump has said that the war will end immediately after the midterm elections and oil and gas prices will also fall, adding to his months-long claims that the conflict will end soon.

In separate comments to NewsNation on Thursday, Trump denied reports that there was any damage to U.S. assets, after Iran claimed it had hit multiple U.S. fighter aircraft at a base in Jordan.

“No damage. No nothing,” Trump said, when asked if there was any truth to the reports.

Economic pressure

Washington is continuing efforts to isolate Iran from its economic network, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent flagging sanctions against “a large bank” next week.

“We’re going to do it on Monday because we want to honor the memory of our fallen citizens on 9/11. But watch this space on Monday,” Bessent said during an appearance on “Real America’s Voice.”

Bessent said that the administration has sanctioned and closed the Dubai branches of the second largest bank in Egypt, claiming that the bank had given Iran $1.8 billion dollars. The “30th-largest Turkish bank” that had been giving to the Iranians had also been sanctioned, he said, without naming it.

The U.S. had sanctioned Turkey-based Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi (Golden Global Bank) and its subsidiaries last week.

In the NewsNation interview, Trump was also asked how Iran could continue holding out under the current economic pressure.

“I don’t know that they’re gonna be able to hold out,” Trump said. “But it’ll get settled after the elections. Or maybe sooner. But it’ll get settled right after the election.”

Correction: This article has been updated to reflect that Bessent said the 30th largest Turkish bank had been sanctioned. An earlier version misstated the bank’s ranking.

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