Trump 2nd term updates: Trump attends the Super Bowl

During his flight to New Orleans on Sunday, President Donald Trump said he would be honoring first responders by meeting with some at the 2025 Super Bowl.

Members of the New Orleans Police Department, New Orleans Emergency Medical Services, New Orleans Fire Department, Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and Louisiana State Police were on the field for the coin toss, each holding a photo of one of the 14 victims killed in the truck-ramming terror attack on New Year's Day.

Reporters aboard Air Force One then asked why, if Trump supports first responders, he had pardoned those who were convicted of assaulting police officers on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump implied that it was the rioters who were victimized in the attack on the Capitol, claiming they had been assaulted by the government.

“No, I pardoned people that were assaulted themselves," he said, without offering evidence. "They were assaulted by our government."

He went on to repeat a claim he has made in the past, saying, "They were treated unfairly.”

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

During President Donald Trump's flight to New Orleans on Sunday to attend the 2025 Super Bowl, Air Force One flew over the Gulf of Mexico.

As the plane passed over the body of water, Trump signed an executive order renaming it the Gulf of America.

Trump said "no" when asked if he had talked with Mexico about the move in advance.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Following his arrival to the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, and a brief tour of the field roughly one hour prior to kickoff, President Donald Trump went to a suite where he was joined by some members of his family and elected officials — including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Sens. Eric Schmitt and Tim Scott.

Trump was accompanied to the Super Bowl by his daughter Ivanka, his son Eric and his daughter-in-law Lara.

He stood for "America the Beautiful" and saluted during "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Trump is the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

On the way to the Super Bowl on Sunday, President Donald Trump claimed that he has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin -- although it was unclear when that conversation might have taken place.

"I know you don't want to talk about your conversation with President Putin, but can you clarify whether you've had that since you've been in office, or whether it happened before you became president?" a reporter aboard Air Force One asked Trump.

"I've had it, let's just say I've had it," Trump replied.

The reporter again tried to clarify: "As president?"

Trump spoke over the interjection, adding, "And I expect to have many more conversations. We have to get that war ended. It's going to end."

The comment comes after a New York Post reporter spoke to Trump exclusively aboard Air Force One on Friday and reported that Trump had spoken to Putin on the phone -- but also failed to pin down a specific timeline.

-ABC News' Sarah Kolinovsky