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

The Polish embassy in Washington, D.C. has expressed strong disapproval over remarks made by media personality Tucker Carlson regarding Poland, Adolf Hitler, and World War II. Bogdan Klich, the charge d'affaires for the Polish embassy, denounced Carlson's statements as "false" and "deeply troubling," demanding that he retract them. Klich accused Carlson of becoming an apologist for Adolf Hitler in an interview with British politician Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Klich emphasized that Carlson had unjustifiably justified Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939, which led to France and the United Kingdom declaring war on the Third Reich, by claiming that the territory was "German with Germans in it." This assertion, according to Klich, is a "colossal insult" to the millions of Nazi victims, including hundreds of thousands of American soldiers who were killed or 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, arguing that Hitler had no quarrel with England. Rees-Mogg responded by stating that Carlson appeared to be on the verge of defending Hitler. Carlson has previously expressed support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose justification for invading Ukraine in 2022 was to protect Russian-speaking people living in the eastern part of the country.

Carlson has also been frequently accused of echoing Russian talking points, blaming the Ukrainian invasion on NATO and the West.