Has Nick Fuentes explicitly praised Adolf Hitler in his speeches or on social media?
Executive summary
Nick Fuentes has repeatedly made statements that sources characterize as praise for Adolf Hitler and other totalitarians: multiple outlets report he called Hitler “cool” or “really fucking cool,” and that he has praised Hitler on livestreams and social platforms [1] [2] [3]. Coverage from mainstream and international outlets (The Guardian, Business Insider, Il Sole 24 Ore, Rolling Stone and others cited in aggregated profiles) documents explicit pro-Hitler remarks and Holocaust-minimizing comments across speeches and online posts [1] [2] [3] [4].
1. Public record: direct quotes and platform activity
Reporting documents direct instances in which Fuentes praised Hitler. The Guardian quotes him calling Adolf Hitler “really fucking cool” and compares his rhetoric about the Holocaust to trivializing metaphors [1]. Business Insider and Rolling Stone report that Fuentes “previously expressed his belief that Hitler was ‘cool’” and “has also praised Hitler in a video repeating that he is ‘cool’ and ‘awesome’” [2] [4]. International reporting likewise states he said “Adolf Hitler was very, very cool” in public appearances [3].
2. Context: where and how these remarks were made
Sources say Fuentes’s pro-Hitler language appears across livestreams, speeches and social posts. Business Insider links such praise to a reinstated social account incident in January 2023, noting video material where he calls Hitler “cool” [2]. The Guardian and Il Sole 24 Ore place similar comments in interviews and streams that reached broad online audiences [1] [3]. Wikipedia’s profile also summarizes that at a 2022 AFPAC speech he bestowed “giggling praise” on Hitler and that on platform returns he “immediately praised Adolf Hitler” according to a cited researcher [5].
3. The wider pattern: praise plus Holocaust denial and antisemitism
Multiple outlets link Fuentes’s admiration of Hitler to broader antisemitic views and Holocaust minimization. The Economic Times and other profiles cite livestream comments where Fuentes said “I think the Holocaust is exaggerated” and “I don't hate Hitler,” quoting organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League [6]. Reporting frames the Hitler praise as part of a pattern that includes Holocaust denial or minimization and sustained antisemitic commentary [6] [5].
4. Disputed intent and performative claims
Some commentators and analysts quoted in the coverage argue Fuentes’s rhetoric is at times provocative or performative rather than orthodox ideological fidelity. An opinion piece cited argues Fuentes alternately lauds Hitler and Stalin, suggesting cynicism or attention-seeking rather than coherent ideology [7]. Available sources therefore present both a record of explicit praise and an interpretation from some observers that part of his rhetoric is deliberately provocative [7].
5. Consequences and platform responses
Outlets note platforms have taken steps against Fuentes at times: bans, suspensions or account removals are part of his record, and reinstatements have triggered renewed criticism because reporting ties those returns to immediate pro-Hitler statements [5] [2] [4]. Coverage highlights both platform enforcement and controversy after reinstatements when sources say he again praised Hitler [5] [2].
6. Limitations of available reporting
Available sources document multiple explicit praise instances and place them in media and livestream contexts, but they do not provide a comprehensive catalog of every speech or social post across Fuentes’s output; detailed transcripts of every remark are not included in these excerpts [1] [2] [6]. If you seek verbatim clips or primary-source timestamps for specific events, those are not provided in the current reporting and would require consulting original video or archival social posts not present in these sources.
7. Bottom line — what the record shows
Contemporary reporting across major outlets consistently states that Nick Fuentes has explicitly praised Adolf Hitler on multiple occasions and linked that praise to broader Holocaust-minimizing and antisemitic rhetoric [1] [2] [6] [4]. Some analysts argue parts of his commentary are performative attention-seeking, but that interpretation does not negate the repeated recorded instances of praise cited by the news coverage [7].