The Washington Examiner reported that President Donald Trump showed up at a UFC event in New York this weekend alongside UFC owner Dana White and musician Kid Rock.

Also in attendance was former Tucker Carlson, a fact which may add to growing speculation about the former Fox News host.   

Crowd cheers as Trump and company head to their seats

According to the Examiner, Trump, White, Rock, and Carlson all walked out to cheers as Rock's 2000 hit "American Badass" played in the background.

This is WOW!!

President Trump, Tucker Carlson, Don Jr., Kid Rock, Dana White walking into Madison Square Garden together.

pic.twitter.com/D4MwysDEoG

— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) November 12, 2023

Carlson put up a post on the social media platform previously known as Twitter that showed him and the former president together.

Tonight at UFC fights at Madison Square Garden pic.twitter.com/Jj3Ga5oSgo

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 12, 2023

Questions over whether Trump may pick Carlson as running mate

The UFC appearance came less than a week after Trump said he would be open to have Carlson as his running mate next year.

"I like Tucker a lot," The Hill quoted Trump as telling podcast hosts Clay Travis and Buck Sexton when asked about putting Carlson on the Republican ticket.

"I think I’d say I would, because he’s got great common sense," he continued. "You know, when they say that you guys are conservative, or I’m conservative — it’s not that we’re conservative, we have common sense."

"We want to have safe borders. We want to have a wall, because walls work," the former president went on to declare.

Charlie Kirk says Carlson is uniquely "battle-tested"

Meanwhile, Newsweek reported that the prospect of Carlson serving as vice president was welcomed by some on the right, including conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

"No other VP contender is as battle-tested as Tucker. Like Trump, he thrives under attack and under pressure," Kirk wrote.

Donald Trump says he's open to Tucker Carlson as a 2024 running mate. At first, it sounds a little loopy. But upon further thought...

Besides Trump himself, nobody enjoys the base's trust the way Tucker Carlson does. Nobody else intuitively understands their values, their… pic.twitter.com/PRkkHeYbGG

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 10, 2023

"Tucker is the only Republican who can even begin to imitate Trump's rhetorical style. They're the only two men who can keep an audience transfixed speaking for an hour without a single note," he insisted.