He's one of the most popular faces on the Fox News Channel and the darling of conservatives nationwide.

Now, there's speculation that top-rated broadcaster Tucker Carlson may run for president in 2024.

During a Friday speech in Des Moines, Iowa, Carlson "flirted with a presidential run in his speech to a large gathering of Christian conservative voters," reports Yahoo News.

"He's definitely flirting with it, 100 percent," Jon Schweppe, policy director for the social conservative group American Principles Project, told Yahoo.

"He has the role that Rush Limbaugh had in the '90s and he's very aware of it."

"Tucker is setting the terms of '24 right now, he is the moderator. He'll be hugely influential in terms of setting the topics. He has the bully pulpit."

During Carlson's address, the television host noted: "Nobody on either side has an ironclad claim to the nomination," not mentioning Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump.

He also probed Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"I'm not a Putin defender, despite what you may have heard, because he's not the president of my country," Carlson explained.