White House slams Tucker Carlson’s ‘sadistic’ interview with so-called historian who claimed Hitler was NOT the chief villain in WWII

The White House is slamming Tucker Carlson for his interview with a man he called ‘the best and most popular historian in the US’ over his claims that Adolf Hitler was not World War II’s chief villain. 

Daryl Cooper – a podcast host and so-called historian – caused controversy when he said that not only did the Nazis not intend to murder millions but that Winston Churchill is the main villain of the war. 

The show caused outrage online, especially after X CEO Elon Musk quote-tweeted the video, writing: ‘Very interesting. Worth watching’. Musk has since deleted the post.

White House spokesperson Andrew Bates issued a harsh rebuke to the episode of the show. 

‘Giving a microphone to a Holocaust denier who spreads Nazi propaganda is a disgusting and sadistic insult to all Americans, to the memory of the over 6 million Jews who were genocidally murdered by Adolf Hitler, to the service of the millions of Americans who fought to defeat Nazism, and to every subsequent victim of Antisemitism,’ Bates said in a statement.

‘Hitler was one of the most evil figures in human history and the ‘chief villain’ of World War II, full stop. The Biden-Harris Administration believes that trafficking in this moral rot is unacceptable at any time, let alone less than one year after the deadliest massacre perpetrated against the Jewish people since the Holocaust and at a time when the cancer of Antisemitism is growing all over the world.’

Much of what Cooper said about World War II blames Great Britain Prime Minister Winston Chruchill. 

‘Now, he didn’t kill the most people, he didn’t commit the most atrocities, but I believe… that when you get into it and tell the story right and don’t leave anything out, you see that he was primarily responsible for that war becoming what it did,’ Cooper said.

While he didn’t consider Hitler to be the hero of World War II, he says that only erred when he got Germany into ‘a war where they were completely unprepared to deal with the millions and millions of prisoners of war, of local political prisoners.’ 

‘They went in with no plan for that and they just threw these people into camps and millions of people ended up dead there,’ seeming to insinuate that the Holocaust happened by accident.

Cooper hosts a podcast called ‘Martyr Made’ which saw a massive boost in listenership following his appearance with Carlson.

The interview has been viewed over 29.1 million times, according to the social media platform’s numbers.

Cooper doubled down on his blame of Churchill, posting a lengthy thread on the UK Prime Minister – considered by many the hero of World War II – on X after the controversy.

Carlson’s show caused outrage online, especially after X CEO Elon Musk quote-tweeted the video, writing: ‘Very interesting. Worth watching’. Musk has since deleted the post

Cooper – a podcast host and so-called historian – caused controversy when he said that not only did the Nazis not intend to murder millions but that Winston Churchill and not Adolf Hitler is the main villain of the war

‘I know that sounds like hyperbole. Churchill didn’t order the most deaths, oversee the most atrocities, or commit the worst crimes. But most of those crimes could not have been committed if the war had not happened, and Churchill was the leader most intent on making it happen,’ Cooper wrote. 

Cooper’s statements have drawn criticism from across the political spectrum, including by many conservatives.

Former Congresswoman Liz Cheney wrote: ‘Actually, this is pro-Nazi propaganda, including, ‘Churchill was the chief villain of WW2’ and Hitler ‘didn’t want to fight.’ No serious or honorable person would support or endorse this type of garbage.’ 

‘This is just the same old Hitler apologetics (“He didn’t want to widen the war,” “They didn’t know what to do with all POWs so he put them in camps,” etc.). Remarkably, there isn’t any historiography behind it. This “popular historian” just makes conclusory claims. Shameful,’ added Compact Magazine Editor Sohrab Ahmari.

Musk has not commented on why he deleted his post.