Elon Musk Deletes Post Promoting Tucker Carlson Video Following Backlash

Elon Musk has deleted a post on X, formerly Twitter, promoting former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s latest interview after receiving heavy backlash.

On September 3, Musk shared a post from Carlson which included his interview with Darryl Cooper, a podcaster who hosts the history show Martyr Made. The pair discussed the Holocaust and events of World War II, with Cooper making comments that have been widely called out for appearing sympathetic towards Hitler.

In the now-deleted post, Musk wrote that the interview was, “Very interesting. Worth watching.” He quickly received severe backlash along with Carlson, as Cooper claimed in the video that the Nazis did not intend to kill millions of people, but that they instead “ended up dead” because Hitler was unprepared for war.

Cooper and Carlson discussed the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict, immigration in Europe, the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter, and more in the interview, which lasted over two hours.

When discussing World War II, Cooper said that Churchill was the “chief villain of the Second World War” and that he was “primarily responsible for that war becoming what it did, becoming something other than an invasion of Poland.”

Cooper clarified that his belief that Churchill is the villain does not make Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin heroes and “that is not the case.”

The interview has gained 21.3 million views, 37,000 likes, and 10,000 reposts on X and has been criticized by both liberals and conservatives. Former congresswoman Liz Cheney was among those who referred to it as “pro-Nazi propaganda.”

Musk’s post amplifying the interview came in the same week as backlash for reposting a theory about why only “alpha males” should be allowed to vote, in which he also referred to the controversial view as “interesting.” That post remains visible on his website. The Carlson and Cooper interview post appears to have been deleted early Wednesday morning.

After his dismissal from Fox News, Carlson announced he would re-launch his show on X, then known as Twitter, in 2023 and has since hosted former president Donald Trump, convicted criminal Larry Sinclair, and former 2024 presidential candidate RFK Jr. Musk also broadcast a conversation with Trump in an X livestream during his presidential campaign.

Newsweek has reached out to Musk, Carlson, and Cooper for comment via email.

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