Jacob Rees-Mogg, the former Conservative minister, accused Tucker Carlson of "verging on defending Hitler" during a podcast interview at his home, according to The Guardian.
The exchange occurred when Carlson, a US rightwinger and Putin sympathiser, repeatedly suggested that the West bore responsibility for provoking Russian aggression. When discussing the prospect of a British defeat to Adolf Hitler, Carlson said "Who cares?"
Rees-Mogg defended Britain's decision to enter the Second World War against Hitler during the conversation. The Guardian reports that Carlson's comments prompted Rees-Mogg to accuse him of approaching a defence of the Nazi leader.
The interview brought together two figures with contrasting views on Western military intervention and Russia. Carlson has been characterised as sympathetic to Vladimir Putin, while Rees-Mogg, despite his rightwing credentials within the Conservative Party, felt compelled to argue for the historical necessity of Britain's wartime stance against Nazi Germany.
The source material does not provide Carlson's response to the accusation, the full context of his remarks about Western responsibility for Russian aggression, or details of what other topics the pair discussed during the interview.