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Trump cast as Green Lantern, then mocked by Emmy winners

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • The White House posted an image of Donald Trump as Green Lantern using his powers to build walls and command military aircraft and warships.
  • South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone mocked Trump after the show won the Emmy for best animated program.
  • The satire referenced Trump’s repeated Emmy nominations for The Apprentice, which he never won, and the show’s fictional relationship between Trump and Satan.

Donald Trump has appeared on opposite sides of the pop-culture divide in two recent posts: celebrated by the White House as a superhero and mocked by South Park after the animated series won an Emmy.

The White House’s official X account shared a video imagining Trump as Green Lantern. In the clip, he uses the emerald ring’s power to build walls against immigrants and direct a large fleet of aircraft and warships. The post also included the Green Lantern oath: “In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might beware my power... Green Lantern’s light!” Reactions quickly split between approval and criticism.

In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil’s might beware my power... Green Lantern’s light!

· Green Lantern oath, quoted in the White House postThe oath accompanied a video portraying Donald Trump as the superhero.

The article noted that Trump and his communications team have used similar imagery before. Months earlier, the president appeared in a comparable image set in the world of Naruto.

South Park’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone took a different approach. After the show won the Emmy for best animated program in the first round of 2026 awards announcements, they posted an image of Trump with his pants down, holding the statuette, alongside the words, “Finally, you got your Emmy.” The joke referred to Trump’s several Emmy nominations for his reality show The Apprentice, none of which produced a win. The article also pointed to the latest season’s storyline portraying Trump in a romantic relationship with Satan, who becomes pregnant with the president’s baby.

Finally, you got your Emmy.

· Trey Parker and Matt StoneThe South Park creators used the phrase in an image mocking Trump after the show won an Emmy.
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