Darryl Cooper

Darryl Dewayne Cooper (born c. 1981) is an American right-wing social media influencer, writer, and podcaster who focuses on 20th-century Western history. He has hosted Martyr Made since 2015 and co-hosted The Unraveling (initially titled The Thread) with Jocko Willink since 2020.^[1] In 2016, he co-hosted Decline of the West with John David Ebert.^[2] His writing has appeared in conservative magazines, including IM—1776^[3] and the Claremont Review of Books.^[4] He published Twitter - A How to Tips & Tricks Guide in 2011.^[5] The Anti-Defamation League called him a "Nazi apologist" after comments he made in September 2024.^[6][7]

Cooper has said that he was born in Stockton, California and moved constantly throughout California while being raised by a struggling single mother, before moving in with his grandparents in Montana. He was a high school wrestler before enlisting in the United States Navy.^[8] A Libertarian in his youth, his politics were shaped by the 1993 Waco siege.^[9] He worked for the United States Department of Defense as a logistics specialist,^[10] including in Israel.^[11]

Cooper sparked controversy in September 2024 by endorsing Holocaust denial and otherwise departing from the historical consensus regarding World War II during a Tucker on X interview, for which he was praised by host Tucker Carlson.^[12][13] Cooper called Winston Churchill "the chief villain" of World War II and claimed that the Nazis did not intentionally perpetrate the Holocaust.^[12] Cooper had previously written on X that he preferred Nazi-occupied France to modern France, having taken offense at the Festivité portion of the 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, and in other posts he had suggested that Adolf Hitler did not deserve to go to hell^[14] and that “FDR chose the wrong side in WW2".^[15]