Polish embassy in US expresses outrage over Tucker Carlson comments on Second World War

On Monday, the Polish embassy in Washington expressed strong disapproval of media personality Tucker Carlson's recent comments regarding Poland, Adolf Hitler, and World War II. Bogdan Klich, the embassy's charge d'affaires, labeled Carlson's remarks "false" and "deeply troubling," demanding that he retract them. Klich accused Carlson of becoming an apologist for Adolf Hitler during an interview with British politician Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Klich's statement, shared on X, emphasized that Carlson had endorsed Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939, which led France and the UK to declare war on the Third Reich. He argued that Carlson's claim that the territory was "German with Germans in it" was a gross distortion of historical facts, insulting the millions of Nazi victims, including the hundreds of thousands of American soldiers who perished or were wounded while liberating Europe from the Third Reich's occupation.

During the interview with Rees-Mogg, Carlson questioned why the UK had been involved in World War II, asserting that Hitler had never posed a threat to England. When Rees-Mogg responded, Carlson dismissed the importance of the situation, suggesting that Britain should embrace a European language to avoid being "speaking German."

Klich further pointed out Carlson's previous support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was allegedly motivated by the desire to protect Russian-speaking citizens in Eastern Ukraine. Carlson has frequently faced accusations of echoing Russian narratives and blaming NATO and the West for the conflict.