The back-and-forth between the Trump administration and the creators of “South Park” intensified after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used images from the adult cartoon to aid in recruitment efforts Tuesday.

South Park, now in its 27th season, is renowned for satirizing American politics and culture. The White House's recent and pointed dismissal of the show as irrelevant, following an episode which parodied Trump, contrasts sharply with a federal agency now using South Park imagery for recruitment.