Family Guy’s Donald Trump take-down has viewers divided

Family Guy just devoted a full, controversial episode to Donald Trump — but was it “pathetic” or the “funniest episode ever”?

US cartoon sitcom Family Guy has savagely taken down Donald Trump with a White House-set episode entitled “Trump Guy”.

The episode, which aired on Sunday night US time, skewered Mr Trump (voiced by Josh Robert Thompson) and his entire family and staff, including Ivanka, Melania, Jared Kushner and Sarah Huckabee Sanders. However, the most controversial moment came during an interaction in which Mr Trump sexually assaults Meg Griffin in the Oval Office.

The moment, as well as the episode as a whole, was praised by Mr Trump’s critics, but his supporters took to Twitter to share their distaste for the “liberal whine fest”.

Cartoon Trump.

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“Trump Guy”centres on Peter Griffin’s new role as press secretary, which he is, unsurprisingly, pretty bad at. Peter’s main role involves walking into rooms before Mr Trump “to make sure there’s no static electricity” that would mess up the President’s hair. Later, he and his family attend an event at the White House, where Ivanka introduces Meg to Mr Trump. As Meg describes how she’s “a huge fan”, Mr Trump tries to reach up her dress. When she jumps back, he insists, “Every president since Washington has done this.”

Back at home, Meg’s family doesn’t believe that “the President of the United States would grab a woman by her p***y” (a clear reference to the Access Hollywood tape) but when they see Mr Trump assaulting her again, Peter jumps to her defence.

“Mr President, what would your third wife — the softcore, girl-on-girl porn lady — think about this?” he asks. “Or the actual porn star your lawyer paid hush money to?”

Peter quits and, at the end of the episode, he and Mr Trump get into a knock-down-drag-out fight that leaves both bruised and bloody.

Family Guy’s take-down was applauded by social media users critical of Mr Trump.

“Family Guy accurately portrayed the idiot in the White House,” one user wrote.

“Funniest episode of all time,” another said.

Melania slaps away Donald Trump's tiny hand. 😂 #FamilyGuy pic.twitter.com/htsLJTaYyj

— Clayton Baker🥋 (@IGIF_) January 14, 2019

Family Guy accurately portrayed the idiot in the White House, @realDonaldTrump. pic.twitter.com/rEK6P6Iko3

— Ben Salinas (@thirdben) January 14, 2019

Can’t believe I’m saying this, but tonight’s Donald Trump ep of #FamilyGuy was not only the best FG ever but the funniest, most SAVAGE, most on-point episode of a comedy I’ve seen since November 2016. NO ONE in that grifter family was spared. Bravo, @SethMacFarlane!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/9vjUF7A3X0

— Geekazoid (@JiffyPopCulture) January 14, 2019

Just watched last night's new episode of #FamilyGuy, funniest episode of all time. It's so easy to make fun of @realDonaldTrump. He's just a big orange target.

— RTK (@RTK4Life) January 14, 2019

They for Peter Griffin fighting Donald trump chicken fight style on family guy. This is pure comedy 😂😂😂

— 07/13 ♋️ (@_therealrd3) January 14, 2019

I'm pretty sure Donald Trump will be trying to get Family Guy cancelled after last night's episode 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/Qqi86w2HWU

— DJ EPIC (@iamdjepic) January 14, 2019

But not everyone appreciated Family Guy’s politically minded episode. Some right-wing viewers felt “Trump Guy” was just another “terrible” instalment of “one of the worst shows ever invented”.

I love trump and I hate family guy. One of the worst shows ever invented. #FamilyGuy

— Jackson Fitch (@thatsicy) January 14, 2019

Man this #FamilyGuy episode is terrible. Its just stating facts about Trump and pretending its a joke and then have Meg just get sexually assaulted by Trump and have her family not believe her until they catch him doing it and then pretend Peter is noble for standing up to him?

— Necroxis (@Necroxis9) January 14, 2019

Family Guy is a low class humor show. That is part of its charm and why I watch it. But this Trump episode is just a liberal whine fest with disgusting jokes about Ivanka and her dad. Its pathetic. Its not even humorous.

— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) January 14, 2019

#FamilyGuy is exposing the Trump Derangement Syndrome in Hollywood, they hate him so much that they’ll write an entire episode of garbage just to try to mock him nationally. Couple of good jokes thrown into an otherwise dumpster fire episode. Trump sucks blah blah get over it.

— Kurtis E (@eugenemasonry) January 14, 2019

Mr Trump has yet to tweet about Family Guy’s episode, but we have to imagine it won’t be positive. Nothing gets him wound up quite like being called “cash poor”.

This story originally appeared on Decider and is republished here with permission.