Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Tucker Carlson of ‘verging on defending Hitler’
Former UK minister Jacob Rees-Mogg accused Tucker Carlson of verging on defending Hitler during a podcast interview. Carlson questioned the necessity of Britain entering World War II and suggested Western nations were responsible for inviting Russian aggression. The exchange drew criticism from political figures who condemned Carlson's remarks as morally indefensible.
- ▪Tucker Carlson stated that he did not care if Britain had lost to Hitler and questioned why the UK bothered entering the war.
- ▪Jacob Rees-Mogg defended the UK's decision to fight Hitler, noting that otherwise they would be speaking German.
- ▪Carlson repeatedly suggested that Western nations were to blame for inviting Russian aggression.
- ▪US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee criticized Carlson for opining that the UK should have let Nazis take over.
- ▪Carlson left Fox News and has taken a sympathetic position towards Russia regarding the conflict in Ukraine.
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Carlson repeatedly suggested to Rees-Mogg that the west was to blame for inviting Russian aggression and said of the prospect Britain could have lost to Hitler: ‘Who cares?’ Composite: Chip Somodevilla, Leon Neal/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenCarlson repeatedly suggested to Rees-Mogg that the west was to blame for inviting Russian aggression and said of the prospect Britain could have lost to Hitler: ‘Who cares?’ Composite: Chip Somodevilla, Leon Neal/Getty ImagesTucker CarlsonJacob Rees-Mogg accuses Tucker Carlson of ‘verging on defending Hitler’Former Tory minister defends UK decision to enter war in podcast with US rightwinger and Putin sympathiserRowena Mason Whitehall editorSun 4 Oct 2026 06.53 EDTLast modified on Sun 4 Oct 2026 06.55 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe…
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