Jacob Rees-Mogg said Tucker Carlson was “verging on defending Hitler” during an interview at his home. The exchange turned on Britain’s choice to fight Adolf Hitler, with Carlson questioning why it mattered and Rees-Mogg saying the country would otherwise have faced invasion.
Carlson told Rees-Mogg, “Who cares?” when the prospect of Britain losing to Hitler came up. Rees-Mogg replied, “Otherwise we’d be speaking German,” then added, “I think this is not really what you want to be doing.”
Rees-Mogg and Carlson
Rees-Mogg, who lost his parliamentary seat in 2024, has been building a post-politics career as a commentator. He invited Carlson into his home for the interview after Carlson had left and set up his own show.
The setting mattered because the discussion was not a remote clash clipped from social media. It was a face-to-face interview in which Carlson questioned why Britain entered the second world war and claimed Germany had a legitimate claim over parts of Poland.
Hitler and World War II
Rees-Mogg said he was very surprised by Carlson’s comments and said Carlson was “verging on defending Hitler.” Carlson answered, “Yeah, I guess I’m just a secret Nazi. I’m actually not a secret Nazi … and hardly a public Nazi.” Rees-Mogg then said he was reassured.
The disagreement rested on a simple divide over what Britain’s decision prevented. Rees-Mogg said, “Germany would have invaded us” if the UK had not gone to war, while Carlson mocked the premise that Britain should have fought at all. That split has now drawn fresh attention in Britain and the United States, with Mike Huckabee posting on X that Carlson was “opining that UK should have let Nazis take over.”
Huckabee also said, “Forget that Hitler murdered 11 million people? I thought Tucker was against killing? He needs help. Serious help.” The exchange leaves Carlson’s view on Russia and World War II under new scrutiny, while Rees-Mogg has made the line he is drawing in public unmistakable.
